Politics News

Circulating rumours have prompted all four of the UK’s farming unions to urge the government to stand up for UK farmers.

Former Defra minister Sir Mark Spencer has invited farmers to join a meeting that aims at preparing them for the upcoming changes to agricultural property relief. 

Responding to Reeves’s Spring Statement, Mel Stride accused the chancellor of making the UK “poorer” and “weaker” with her recent policies.

Daniel Zeichner MP had mixed messages for the farming community as he addressed the Norfolk Farming Conference. Sarah Juggins reports.

Farmer Tom asked ChatGPT to summarise farmers’ posts on the Farming Forum over the past six months, during which the sector has faced unprecedented challenges.

Campaigners Farmers To Action have called on farmers, veterans, small business owners and the public to join them on the action day against the Labour government.

A farming roundtable organised by the NFU has met with food security and rural affairs minister Daniel Zeichner to explain the crushing impact of Defra’s decision to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and raise the urgent need for transparency from Defra.

Rural businesses in England are waiting years, sometimes even decades, to get planning permission to enable investment and build homes, said CLA.

“I could wake up one morning in the very near future to be told by West Oxfordshire District Council that they now own my farm,” wrote Jeremy Clarkson in response to the latest news that the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was introduced to Parliament. 

Farmers in the North East could be hit the hardest by the inheritance tax, according to a law firm, Weightmans. The liabilities could surpass £1.85 million, taking an estimated 17 years of earnings to pay off.

In light of a surprising SFI announcement earlier this week, a job offer posted by Defra has become a very controversial topic among the farming community.

The Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) is calling on the government to introduce an interim scheme to assist farmers who are not currently enrolled in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).