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Radio 4,22 Dec 2025,45 mins

Is Labour's relationship with farmers broken?

The World Tonight

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The government says it will prohibit trail hunting too as part of its Animal Welfare Strategy, 21 years after banning fox hunting. We hear from a former Conservative minister and a Labour MP on a tradition that divides the country - and ask whether Labour's relationship with farmers is terminally broken. Also: Remembering Chris Rea, the self-effacing singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough whose deep gravelly voice beguiled millions, though not always himself. And amid calls for every school to have a choir, we hear what impact regular singing has had in one primary school in London.

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