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UFU urges Government to step up efforts to boost rural connectivity

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the Chancellor's remarks that the Fiscal Rules set out in the Autumn Budget are 'non-negotiable and will be met', NFU Council members have voted in favour of staging a further protest in the capital on February 25, as part of a drive to halt the family farm tax, and NFU Cymru has called on Natural Resources Wales to reverse its decision to stop issuing new permits that allow farmers to dispose of waste sheep dip to land.

Defra has also announced new housing measures in York, North Yorkshire and Shropshire

NFU Council members voted in favour of undertaking further protest activity in the hope of overturning the family farm tax

Events co-ordinated by the NFU, NFU Cymru and Ulster Farmers' Union all took place on January 25 to highlight the impact of changes to Inheritance Tax on family farmers

Farmers have been out across the country to engage with the public on the campaign to stop the family farm tax

Farmers are hosting events across the UK today to highlight the impact of changes to Inheritance Tax on family farmers

Events planned across Britain, from Shetland to Cornwall, and from the Giant’s Causeway to Kent

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Supermarkets have joined forces to speak up for farmers and growers against the Government's proposed changes to Inheritance Tax