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Green shoots? Burnham cultivates rural links in attempt to ‘build back trust’ with farmers

The Guardian World Saturday 26 September 2026, 11:30 UTC By Helena Horton 1 min read
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Ministers have been speaking to farming activists to try to build bridges after relations were soured by the tax changes introduced under Keir Stamer As an arable farmer, Olly Harrison’s WhatsApp messages are normally concerned with the more mundane matters of working the land: logistics, supplies and the occasional chat about the weather. So when a recent message came through from Andy Burnham, it was more than a little unexpected.

Ministers have been speaking to farming activists to try to build bridges after relations were soured by the tax changes introduced under Keir Stamer

As an arable farmer, Olly Harrison’s WhatsApp messages are normally concerned with the more mundane matters of working the land: logistics, supplies and the occasional chat about the weather.

So when a recent message came through from Andy Burnham, it was more than a little unexpected.

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