05 July 2024
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The Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Steve Reed as his Defra Secretary. Mr Reed formerly served as the Shadow Defra Secretary and told the Farmers Guardian back in March that if he...
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The former Defra Secretary and now Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Emma Reynolds said employers were not working people and were companies instead
02 November 2026
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2 min read
Labour MP for South Norfolk Ben Goldsborough welcomed support in the Budget for rural households, but he said we must go 'further' to make British farming profitable
30 October 2026
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2 min read
Tenant Farmers Association has urged RPA and Defra to better financially support common and upland farmers who are currently frozen out of new agreements or stuck in existing ones
29 October 2026
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1 min read
