Politics News

The government has announced its commitment to introduce a new deal for farmers, which aims to address their low confidence and provide stability for the farming sector.  

Farming communities have responded to the report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on the Farming and Countryside Programme that has recently been published. 

North Devon District Council’s motion to turn vegan received backlash from the local farming community. 

NFU Cymru said that the Welsh Government’s announcement of interim schemes for 2025 is a “logical step forward” to ensure support for the farming industry and environmental delivery until new replacement schemes are operational. 

The Welsh first minister, Vaughan Gething, has resigned just four months after being elected to the job. 

Controversial plans for a huge solar farm to be built on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border have just been approved by the new secretary of state for energy. 

Defra staff said they are “able to and prepared to” strike for fair working conditions. 

NFU president Tom Bradshaw met with new Defra secretary of state Steve Reed MP on his first full day in office, where they discussed “key and immediate actions” that are needed to enable the British food and farming sector to thrive. 

Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner has just been appointed as new farming minister. 

Steve Reed has just been appointed as the new secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs. 

The former NFU president Minette Batters has been granted a life peerage following the dissolution of parliament. 

As Keir Starmer becomes the UK’s next prime minister, a Labour government is likely to signal a period of significant change for farmers.