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Growing the local economy in a post-Brexit Britain

Boston, Lincolnshire voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in a very emphatic way in last year's referendum: 75.6% of people who voted said they wanted out. The city and its region rely heavily on EU workers to keep the large agriculture business going but many locals said they had had enough of new arrivals who put pressure on local services and did not always mix with the natives. Will the workers stay and if not, who will replace them? Dan Damon met Richard Pettit from Frankly Farm which specialises in growing purple sprouting broccoli and who thinks he and his business are better outside the EU.

(Picture: The sun sets behind trees in a field enshrouded in mist on November 24, 2014 in Boston, England. Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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