Politics

Shoppers face bread shortages as growers say it may be April Fools' Day but 'food security is no joke'

The Jones family have been farming the land since 1012, but will centuries of resilience outlast current tax changes some 1,013 years later?

FG readers respond to Andy Welford's views on Inheritance Tax in his Farming Matters column

NFU Cymru said Welsh farmers had waited four years for the review and it had failed to reflect ‘the sheer desperation of farmers in Wales in grappling with the impracticality of the regulations'

An independent review into Wales' Control of Agricultural Pollution (CAP) regulations has published recommendations in five key areas. It found that an 'all-Wales' approach to the regulations was the right one

Flooding Secretary Emma Hardy has criticised the previous Conservative Government for failing to protect rural and farming communities from flooding

Defra Minister Daniel Zeichner will be probed about the early closure of SFI and Defra's communication with the industry on key changes to farming policy

A letter written by Prime Minister David Lloyd George in 1917 has resurfaced online to reflect the national interest of growing food at home in a world filled with geopolitical uncertainty

Laura Greenman, of HCR Law, said: "While the Framework focuses on planning, energy and infrastructure, little consideration has been given to food security"

Hudda Morgan is a partner at legal firm Spencer West LLP. She writes about Inheritance Tax for farmers and some of the changes which Chancellor Rachel Reeves could adopt in the next Budget