Steve Reed

In a joint letter to the Chancellor, farming unions warned how changes to APR could have a significant impact on tenant farmers, family farms, domestic food security and environmental delivery

The growing speculation around a cut to the agriculture budget and a potential review of APR, NFU president Tom Bradshaw said was ‘incredibly concerning’

"There will be no family farms left"

Ahead of next week's parliament-defining budget, speculation has been mounting about whether the Government will scrap or cap agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR)

Dan Corry previously served as head of the No10 policy unit under former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and adviser in many Government departments where he was involved in regulatory reform.

Since its implementation in 2021, the ATQ has permitted 260,000 tonnes of raw cane sugar each year to enter the UK tariff free, regardless of origin

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Mr Bradshaw said October 30 would be the ‘moment of truth', when farmers will see ‘whether this Government backs British farming or not'

In an opposition debate in Parliament on Tuesday (October 8) Mr Reed said the idea of a commissioner had ‘merit' and there would be an announcement ‘shortly'

The session starts at 7pm on October 4