In its recent Farm Act, America took another step towards uncoupling support for farmers from production subsidies.

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The vote is non-binding, but underscores the anger felt by some investors at the perceived uncoupling of pay from performance.

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Mr Lund, from Beverley, East Yorkshire, had been uncoupling carriages.

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It said "the driver applied the emergency brake as soon as he realised this, but there was insufficient distance in which to stop and avoid trapping the guard who had moved back between the coaches to complete the work associated with the uncoupling".

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