Politics

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has said he will push for small abattoirs to be able to benefit from earned recognition in order to reduce veterinary presence.

MPs have received assurances that the agricultural policy review being carried out by Defras new ministerial team will tweak the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, not revolutionise it.

MPs have received assurances that the agricultural policy review being carried out by Defra’s new ministerial team will ‘tweak’ the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, not ‘revolutionise’ it.

Back in the mid-1990s, when I worked as a volunteer for the National Commission on Women’s Affairs at Government House in Bangkok, I went through two Prime Ministers in two years. That was expected in a clearly unstable political system.

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed a Defra team which is prioritising the affordability and availability of food over its sustainability and healthiness, according to The Times Whitehall editor Chris Symth.

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed a Defra team which is prioritising the affordability and availability of food over its sustainability and healthiness, according to The Times Whitehall editor Chris Symth.

UK food supply chains have already found they are unable to source imports and are now at breaking point, the NFU has warned.

UK food supply chains have already found they are unable to source imports and are now at ‘breaking point’, the NFU has warned.

Shadow Defra Secretary Jim McMahon did not mention farming or agriculture in his speech to Labour conference, save to say there was ‘work to do’ in this area.

People living in rural areas are under-represented compared to their urban counterparts, according to a leading Labour activist.