Politics News

Farmers have been asked to share their views on the land use framework, as Defra secretary Steve Reed launches a 12-week consultation.

“We have to focus on policy, not politics,” said the NFU president Tom Bradshaw during the meeting with farmers from across East Anglia which took place earlier today. 

British farmers will again show a united front against governmental policies during a Westminster rally that is set to take place in February.

Over three quarters of farms in England and Scotland of 50ha (124 acres) or more in size will be affected by the changes to inheritance tax, AHDB analysis shows.

Suffolk farmers have marked the National Day of Unity by engaging with shoppers at a local Tesco store, raising issues important for both consumers and the farming industry.

Alistair Carmichael, chair of the Efra Committee, has asked to meet Keir Starmer as a matter of urgency, to discuss the impacts of the family farm tax.

Waitrose and Ocado joined other supermarket chains in pledge to back British farmers in their fight against Labour’s inheritance tax raid. 

A new forecast from the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) casts doubt on how much money will be raised by IHT changes.

Tesco, Lidl and the Co-op became the latest supermarket chains to back British farmers in their fight against Labour’s inheritance tax raid, a move welcomed by the Countryside Alliance. 

Morrisons has just announced it sought a High Court injunction order to stop farmers from taking “unlawful protest actions” at its distribution centres.

Farmers from across East Anglia have been called to take part in another farming protest to show their disapproval of the latest governmental policies, including changes to the inheritance tax.

Town halls across the country have openly rebelled against the family farm tax, putting local Labour MPs under mounting pressure to publicly oppose the policy.