Politics

Seeking to reverse the decline in young farmers, the Liberal Democrats have proposed a scheme providing placements for new entrants within a broader £1bn plan to improve food security

Baroness Hayman has said she hoped the SPS agreement with the EU should help tackle the influx of illegal imports as she admitted Dover port facilities were ‘poor’

Scotland's Rural Voice report also revealed that nearly two thirds of rural residents said they do not have a meaningful voice in shaping decisions which affect them

The Prime Minister was challenged by Efra Chair Alistair Carmichael at the Liaison Committee last year on the impact of Inheritance Tax changes on farmers' mental health

South West Norfolk MP Terry Jermy said Labour has an opportunity to reconnect with farmers if it makes changes to APR, adding that the party gained votes from rural communities which revolted against former Prime Minister Liz Truss and successive Governments which 'failed' them in trade deals

Can the Government deliver the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation as it claims?p

South Shropshire MP Stuart Anderson writes on the invaluable role of rural churches in farming communities, and why they are currently under threat after the Government slashed annual funding by nearly £20m, in what the Conservatives have dubbed the 'Worship Tax'

Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley, a founding member of the Labour Rural Research Group, writes on how farming and rural communities can help shape a new report on rural poverty

Officials say strain of African swine fever suggests it may have come from a laboratory

Suffolk Coastal MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter abstained on a vote to back the Government's changes to Inheritance Tax last week. The Labour MP explains why she could not support the changes at a time when the farming sector is on its knees