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Victoria Vyvyan, CLA president, speaking ahead of the General Election, has urged all political parties to empower the rural economy by embracing the communities which work and live in the countryside

Countryside Alliance chief executive Tim Bonner said the party which can convince the rural electorate that it shares their values, and most importantly their priorities, will go a long way to winning an 'epoch defining election'

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "If the next Government gets it right then this huge sector can grow"

This week from Alex Black, Farmers Guardian's head of news and business

Dr Neil Hudson MP, representing Penrith and the Borders, said the Prime Minister was the ideal 'countryside candidate' to lead the Conservatives at the next General Election on July 4

"The choice is now between me or Sir Keir Starmer"

The Government is extending permitted development rights to give farmers greater freedoms to diversify and convert agricultural buildings for commercial uses

Church Commissioners principal asset manager Ciara Williams said ‘early' conversations were actively encouraged with ‘next generation tenants' on Agricultural Holdings Act or Farm Business Tenancies, but it should be about ‘what is the future of the business, rather than pure succession'

This week from Farmers Guardian head of news and business Alex Black

Prime Minister says Government must ‘go further' to support farmers and 'secure the nation’s food supplies’