Conservative Mel Stride made the comments after visiting Dereham Town Football Club to hear more than 40 Norfolk businesses raise their most pressing concerns.

These included Labour's family farm tax, increased national insurance contributions and rising business rates.

Local businesses also voiced fears over the decline of the high street, and the long-term impact of a growing number of solar farms and offshore windfarms on tourism and agriculture.

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride met with more than 40 businesses at Dereham Town Football Club (Image: Supplied) Mr Stride, MP for........

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