Politics

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 previous Tory 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

Plaid Cymru MP Ann Daives writes on why buying from family farms, butchers and farm shops matters more than ever this Christmas

MP Alistair Carmichael says Gov must engage with farmers and food producers on netotiations

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride failed to record a vote on a Finance Bill resolution to limit Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief

MP Markus Campbell-Savours’ suspension has renewed focus on a vote early next year that could unite opposition in Parliament to the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax