Politics News

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has delivered a selection of traditional Christmas food staples, produced and procured in Yorkshire, to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ office, inviting her to meet with the industry leaders. 

NFU president Tom Bradshaw has reflected on 2024, calling it a “challenging year” for the farming industry. He spoke about his “anger, despair and sense of betrayal” following the Autumn Budget announcement.

Campaigner Save British Farming has launched a Christmas appeal asking children to write a letter to Sir Keir Starmer as well as Santa about their wishes for British farming in the New Year. 

A group of trade associations has called for a formal consultation, warning chancellor Rachel Reeves that changes to BPR and APR will starve their members and the economy of investment, leading to forced, premature business sales and resulting in job losses right across the country. 

The former Conservative government, as well as current Labour leaders, have been criticised for “neglecting British farmers” following the publication of the UK Food Security Report, which revealed that the proportion of food-secure households declined by two percent in the last few years.

Suffolk County Council has passed a motion expressing its strong opposition to the changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) announced by the Labour government in the Autumn Budget.  

The Business Property Relief Summit, hosted by the organisers of the #SaveFamilyFarms rally in London on 19th November, is set to take place next week. 

Tens of farmers from across East Anglia took part in the tractor protest on the A14 near the Port of Felixstowe, showing their frustration with recent policies but also hoping that the government will come up with a “fair solution” for this hard-working industry. 

As of today, 94% of farmers from Wales have received their full or balance Basic Payment Scheme 2024 payment, the Welsh Government confirmed. 

The UK Food Security Report has found Brexit, food inflation, climate change and global instability are key threats to food security.

Hundreds of farmers took their tractors to London today to attend a protest that aims at highlighting the current threats to British farming.    

Over 50 tractors are taking part in the ‘slow-go’ farming protest in Suffolk today to show their disapproval of the latest governmental policies, including changes to the inheritance tax reliefs.