Wendy Chamberlain: "It feels like the odds are stacked against farmers at the moment"

North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain writes about the family farm tax, changes to Universal Credit, mental health in farming, Defra Secretary Steve Reed, NFU Scotland, tenant farmers and the cost pressures facing the sector

Chris Brayford
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Ms Chamberlain, who is also Deputy-Leader of the Scottish Lib Dems, said: "The UK Government's changes are making farming harder, and that is the last thing farmers need."
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Ms Chamberlain, who is also Deputy-Leader of the Scottish Lib Dems, said: "The UK Government's changes are making farming harder, and that is the last thing farmers need."

North East Fife is home to over 844 farms, from livestock to arable, and everything in between. I know from talking to constituent farmers that the planned budget changes to Agricultural Property Relief...

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