Shropshire MPs Column - the latest from the county's representatives in Westminster

“We’re a party that’s fit to serve… and that seeks a new relationship with the countryside and farming communities on this basis. A relationship based on respect and on genuine partnership.”

Those were the words of Sir Keir Starmer, then Leader of the Opposition, to the National Farmers’ Union annual conference in 2023.

Before the general election, Labour described claims they would charge Inheritance Tax on family farms as “desperate nonsense”.

That has turned out to be yet another Labour broken promise - some call it worse.