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• Trump pits immigrants against other working people. But we have a common enemy | Alejandra Gomez and Greisa Martínez Rosas

  25-02-2025 18:59
  Billionaires have sown a myth that citizens are losing at the expense of undocumented people. The real solution is to empower all workersOver the last few years, we have witnessed some leaders of the Democratic party retreat from delivering bold policies that would address people’s struggles and aspirations, from a pathway to citizenship for all to a higher federal minimum wage, in favor of Republican-light talking points about the border and those seeking asylum – which only eroded
  
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• ‘We’re being treated as grifters or terrorists’: US federal workers on the fear and chaos of their firings

  25-02-2025 16:00
  An educator, archaeologist and scientist were among the thousands of government workers culled by Musk’s agencyThe Trump administration has fired at least 20,000 government employees in its first month, as Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) dramatically overhauls work at federal agencies. Some economists have speculated that these terminations, which could affect nearly 300,000 workers, will be the biggest job cuts in US history.Most of the
  
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• Farming family hands over basket of pre-loved farm toys to Treasury

  25-02-2025 15:05 via farminguk.com
  
  A basket of pre-loved farm toys has been handed over to the Treasury by a farming family as part of a symbolic show of display against Labou...
  
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• His coffee is coveted around the world. His son doesn’t know if his future is on the farm

  25-02-2025 15:00
  
  ‘Pepe’ Jijón loves his life in the Ecuadorian cloud forest, but for his son Jose, the excitement of New York city callsOn an October day, Jose Jijon rang up a customer’s $35 bag of coffee at a Brooklyn, New York, cafe. The transaction was one of many as shoppers poured in and out of Sey Coffee, one of the country’s most renowned roasteries.There was no way the patron who browsed the coffee varieties – each identified by producer, location and altitude of the
  
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• Activists interrupt NFU president's speech at conference

  25-02-2025 14:39 via farminguk.com
  
  Two animal activists stormed the NFU's conference in London earlier today while the union's president was giving a speech.The protestors...
  
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• Organic egg farm adopts bioacoustic technology to monitor bees

  25-02-2025 13:11 via farminguk.com
  
  Major egg producer Noble Foods is the first in the sector to adopt bioacoustic technology for monitoring pollinators on its organic farms....
  
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• More than third of farms could go bust by 2030 due to IHT change

  25-02-2025 11:27 via farminguk.com
  
  More than a third of UK farms could go out of business in the next five years, rising to 56% by 2035, according to a survey of 2,000 British...
  
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• Disease concern as banned 'bushmeat' being sold for home delivery

  25-02-2025 10:54 via farminguk.com
  
  Banned ‘bushmeat’ smuggled into the UK is being sold for home delivery via social media, as concerns continue to rise over the amount of ill...
  
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• Labour unveils raft of new policies to make 'farming more profitable'

  25-02-2025 10:11 via farminguk.com
  
  Labour will unveil a raft of new policies for farming, including an extension to the seasonal worker visa route and a 50% public procurement...
  
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• Farmers worried if they will make it to end of 2025, NFU warns

  25-02-2025 10:11 via farminguk.com
  
  Many farmers are worried if they will make it to the end of 2025 amid a perfect storm of issues, including the 'disastrous' inheritance tax ...
  
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• Bluetongue vaccines approved for emergency use in Wales

  25-02-2025 09:31 via farminguk.com
  
  Three bluetongue vaccines have been approved for emergency use in Wales, with an online general licence to be made available in March.We...
  
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