Politics

Former health secretary and Conservative leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer after Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked earlier today.

Welsh farming unions have welcomed the news that more than 95 per cent of farmers claiming BPS will today (October 14) receive an advance payment of up to 70 per cent of their claim.

Tenant farmers must be given full, independent access to all Government schemes and incentives if the sector is to thrive in a future agricultural landscape, according to the Rock Review which has been published today.

Dairy farmers in Wales are not yet ‘out of the woods’ despite a climbdown by Welsh Government on water rules, a union leader has warned.

Farmers are being urged to continue to monitor on-farm water abstraction in a bid to prevent a repeat of this year’s water shortage, the Environment Agency (EA) has announced.

A number of agricultural bodies have sent a joint letter to International Trade Minister Kemi Badenoch demanding that a set of core standards relating to food, animal welfare and the environment be established ahead of any further trade deals.

The new Defra Farming Minister, Mark Spencer, has hinted that a rethink on the phase out of badger culling could be on the way.

Rural campaign body CPRE has warned that a return to fracking risks ‘breaking the countryside’ and ‘further hammering’ rural communities already hit hard by the cost of living crisis.

Not all politicians have the ‘gumption’ to take the hard decisions required to meet the Government’s net zero by 2050 target, a National Trust chief has warned.

A new piece of UK Government legislation designed to make it easier to repeal and amend EU law poses a ‘significant risk’ to Scotland’s ability to uphold high safety and food standards, according to Food Standards Scotland.