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OPINION: 'Broken promises, increased taxation, plugging support schemes and empty words have pushed farmers to breaking point'

Politics

OPINION: 'Broken promises, increased taxation, plugging support schemes and empty words have pushed farmers to breaking point'

News and business reporter Chris Brayford discusses the dwindling trust between Government and farmers

clock 16 March 2025 • 2 min read
New planning reforms to take over land labelled a 'threat' to British agriculture

Politics

New planning reforms to take over land labelled a 'threat' to British agriculture

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced to Parliament on Tuesday (March 11) could see significant measures introduced, but what could it mean for the future of British agriculture?

clock 15 March 2025 • 2 min read
Countryside charity polling data shows widespread support for solar on new buildings

Farm Business

Countryside charity polling data shows widespread support for solar on new buildings

82% of respondents to a recent YouGov poll conducted for CPRE supported rooftop solar on new buildings

clock 18 January 2025 • 1 min read
Defra Secretary promises to put money back in farmers' pockets

Politics

Defra Secretary promises to put money back in farmers' pockets

Steve Reed uses Oxford Farming Conference to unveil Labour's long-term vision for agriculture

clock 09 January 2025 • 4 min read
More than 340 objections lodged against 'takeover' of agricultural land for solar development in Scotland

Environment

More than 340 objections lodged against 'takeover' of agricultural land for solar development in Scotland

"We do not want this project to be a precedent in the future"

clock 15 October 2024 • 3 min read
Solar energy could see tenant farms 'disappear' from the landscape

Farm Life

Solar energy could see tenant farms 'disappear' from the landscape

"It has been a living hell for our family"

clock 24 September 2024 • 4 min read
Tom Tugendhat - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "The agricultural industry is the glue that binds our rural areas together"

Politics

Tom Tugendhat - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "The agricultural industry is the glue that binds our rural areas together"

Tonbridge MP Tom Tugendhat is one of five candidates in the running to be the next Conservative Party leader

clock 08 September 2024 • 3 min read
Robert Jenrick - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "I would push for key agricultural land to be protected from being developed as solar farms"

Politics

Robert Jenrick - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "I would push for key agricultural land to be protected from being developed as solar farms"

Mr Jenrick is one of six candidates standing to be the next Conservative Party leader

clock 04 September 2024 • 5 min read
'Disappointment' as councils pull out of Sunnica judicial review proceedings

Environment

'Disappointment' as councils pull out of Sunnica judicial review proceedings

"The developer still has a huge mountain to climb before they send in the diggers to the food production fields of rural East Cambridgeshire and Suffolk"

clock 23 August 2024 • 6 min read
Solar energy breakthrough could reduce need for solar farms

Environment

Solar energy breakthrough could reduce need for solar farms

The University of Oxford said the new light-absorbing material could reduce the need for silicon-based solar panels

clock 16 August 2024 • 3 min read