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Article: Farmers' ire fuelled by 20% rise in diesel duty.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2005
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Byline: By STEVE DUBE Western Mail
The Budget drew a mixed reaction from Welsh farmers.
They were pleased with Chancellor Gordon Brown's pledge to end the UK's practice of gold-plating European regulations, but unhappy at the prospect of a 20% rise in farm diesel in September and lack of real support for biofuels made from plant crops.
Emyr James, ...