'Keir Starmer Said He'd Protect Us - Now We're Losing Half Our Farm'

'Keir Starmer said he'd protect us - now we're losing half our farm'

EXCLUSIVE: Tenant farmers in North Yorkshire say Keir Starmer has let them down after they were forced to hand 42% of their land to a solar developer.

‘Keir Starmer said he’d protect us – now we’re losing half our farm’

Rob and Emma are the third generation to live and work on the farmland (Image: Ben Lack) Third-generation tenant farmers in North Yorkshire have accused Sir Keir Starmer of breaking his promise to give them “a fair deal” after they were forced to surrender almost half of their land to a solar development. Emma and Rob Sturdy, whose family has worked at Eden Farm in Old Malton for over 50 years, lost a battle to keep 42% of their farmland this m…