EXCLUSIVE - Maya Ellis: 'British farmers face an unfair fight. We want to level the playing field for them'

Labour Rural Research Group member Maya Ellis writes on the group's Spring Push campaign on farming profitability, which calls for honest labelling on British produced food and stronger protections for farmers in trade deals

Maya Ellis

03 April 2026 • 3 min read

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Ribble Valley MP Maya Ellis said: "Farms are rightly proud of their high standards, but when those standards make our produce more expensive, something needs to change."

Homegrown farmers have one hand tied behind their backs when it comes to competing with their international counterparts. With imported produce not facing the same welfare standards as British goods,...

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