Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance

Boxing Day hunts take place in England as poll suggests 65% of people think government neglects rural areas

Traditional Boxing Day hunts have gathered across England, as opponents of a planned ban on trail hunting claimed Keir Starmer's government had alienated rural people".

The warning came from the Countryside Alliance, a pressure group which said tens of thousands of supporters had joined gatherings in the morning, as it released a poll suggesting 65% of people think the Labour administration unfairly neglects country communities.