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French farmers call off border blockade after talks with Prime Minister Barnier

French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal have lifted a blockade on the Spanish border after an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

Radio France Internationale

GOP control could doom Farm Bill passage

Now that Republicans control the House, Senate and White House, it's unlikely the bill will pass before 2025

Salon

French Farmers Lift Border Blockade After Talks With PM

French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal on Wednesday lifted a blockade on the Spanish border after an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

International Business Times

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Tories claim economic approach of ‘Starmerism’ could further hit farmers

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the ‘vast majority’ of estate owners will not be affected by the Government’s inheritance tax changes.

Evening Standard

Why have British farmers marched on UK’s Parliament?

British farmers say they will be forced to sell farms under inheritance tax reforms.

Al Jazeera

Wednesday briefing: Why farmers won’t take Starmer’s inheritance tax land grab lying down

In today’s newsletter: Governments are clashing with the agricultural sector across Europe – it’s a complex battle that involves everything from the climate crisis to the far right

The Guardian - UK

Labour wants tax rises to fall on the ‘broadest shoulders’. The farmers furore shows why that’s so hard to achieve

In place of precision-targeted revenue raids, Reeves needs to win a bigger argument about the reason we have taxes, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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‘A way of life’: farmers in Westminster express fears for their futures

Thousands brave plummeting temperatures to protest against plans they claim could bring the death of their farms

The Guardian - UK

Farm inheritance tax: farmers cannot go green if they are in the red

In villages across the country, irate farmers have accused the government of trying to end the tradition of the family farm by scrapping agricultural property relief, a measure which previously sheltered farms from having to pay inheritance tax on farmland.

The Conversation

How a dairy farm could help prevent prisoners from reoffending

Prisons and the justice system often make headlines for issues like overcrowding or sentencing, but there’s a quieter, more transformative side to life behind bars that rarely gets attention.

The Conversation

'We're going to make them listen': Farmers collar Scottish Labour MPs over tax raid

SCOTTISH farmers have vowed “to make Labour listen” as hundreds joined a 10,000-strong march on Westminster to protest Keir Starmer’s tax raid…

The National (Scotland)

Farmers in tweed, children on toy tractors and celebrities join London protest

Around 13,000 people gathered to voice opposition to proposed changes to agricultural inheritance tax outlined in the Budget.

Evening Standard

Many farmers ‘wrong’ about inheritance tax change, Environment Secretary says

Steve Reed rejected claims that the Government has underestimated how many will be affected by the plans.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The farmer's protest is a consequence of Labour's pre-election tax choices

A day like today is not a day for false dichotomies, we can leave those at home. But governments generally face a simple choice when it comes to raising money, between broad-based taxes (e.g. income tax) or granular (e.g. inheritance tax threshold changes for farmers). Both have their advantages and disadvantages, as is being…

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International Business Times

French Farmers Threaten 'Chaos' Over Proposed EU-Mercosur Deal

French farmers stepped up their protests Tuesday against a proposed trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries, blocking a key motorway on the border with Spain and vowing to sow "chaos."

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Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm Overcomes Hurricane To Deliver Hope

Discover the heartwarming story of Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm overcoming challenges to provide the White House tree, symbolizing resilience and communit...

Evening Standard

Reeves urged to meet farmers over inheritance tax change as protest kicks off

Celebrities including Jeremy Clarkson, who warns the policy is a ‘blunderbuss’ that has hit farmers, joined a rally in Whitehall.

Radio France Internationale

French farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal, block motorways in southern France

French farmers staged fresh protests on Tuesday against a proposed trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc, comprising four South American nations. While the French government has voiced strong opposition to the deal, the protesters are urging President Emmanuel Macron to take stronger action to protect their…

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Evening Standard

Farmfluencers: meet the new generation of Instagram stars down on the farm

Turns out, looking at images of Scottish hillsides is surprisingly popular online

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial farming attend Cop29 climate summit

Nearly 40% of food sector lobbyists have travelled to Baku as part of countries’ delegations

International Business Times

Farmers Descend On London To Overturn Inheritance Tax Change

British farmers massed in London on Tuesday for protests against controversial government plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they claim threatens to break up the sector and hit food production.

International Business Times

French Farmers Step Up Protests Against EU-Mercosur Deal

French farmers planned on Tuesday to step up their protests against a proposed trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries, saying it threatens their livelihoods.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer denies mounting class war as farmers claim they have been ‘betrayed’

Prime minister says government is taking balanced approach amid protest in Westminster over proposed inheritance tax changes

Evening Standard

Farmers' protest LIVE: 20,000 rally against 'tractor tax' in Westminster as Jeremy Clarkson urges Labour to 'back down'

Inheritance tax changes have sparked fury across the farming industry

The Guardian - UK

UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows

Despite large poultry units being a key driver of river pollution, their number has soared near the Wye and Severn

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