January 23: Farming in Five: Shadow Defra Secretary says Steve Reed needs to be 'banging' on Chancellor's door on IHT

In today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black discusses Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins' views on Inheritance Tax reform, the latest on foot-and-mouth and Bluetongue and an invitation to Farmers Guardian's latest webinar on new entrants

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February 13: Prime Minister Keir Starmer says farming is 'top of his agenda' and refuses to apologise for the Farming Minister's comments that agriculture was low in the Government's 'pecking order'

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February 12: Minister says farming is low in the Government's 'pecking order' and 'the Budget is the Budget'

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