Politics

The Defra Secretary is due to face a procedure committee on Wednesday (June 4) regarding the department's performance in 2024 and 2025

Conservative MP Aphra Brandreth discusses how Chancellor Rachel Reeves' proposed cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget at the Spending Review could diminish farmers' confidence in Government and Defra

The Scottish Conservatives said it was 'unrealistic' to tell people to eat less meat and dairy, as identified in a recent Climate Change Committee report, and added it could be 'financially devastating' for farm businesses

Llyr Gruffydd, MS for North Wales, said Inheritance Tax changes could result in more young people moving away from rural areas, which would have an adverse impact on the Welsh language

Family Business UK has warned the proposals will do ‘achieve the exact opposite’ of boosting growth

Farmers say they need help from Scottish Government to deal with the impact of sea eagle predation on lambs

The UK’s food and drink trade deficit grew again in the first quarter of 2025, having ballooned since Brexit

Graham Miles, bishop's agricultural chaplain for Suffolk, said he has dealt with six incidents over the past year where farmers have taken their own life due to Inheritance Tax changes

Livestock and potato enterprises are among the latest to be targeted by Russian missile and drone attacks

Yorkshire farmer John Charlesworth died on October 29, 2024, just a day before Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the Government's Autumn Budget changes to Inheritance Tax