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Backlash as NFU chief says Rachel Reeves’ ‘tractor tax’ will hit seven in 10 farms

Rachel Reeves claimed that ‘only a very small number of agricultural properties’ will be affected by the changes to inheritance tax, but ex-NFU boss Minette Batters said farmers are furious

The Independent UK

Environment secretary insists ‘tractor tax’ will only impact minority as farmers say they’ve been lied to

It comes after the PM was accused of lying to farmers after the government extended inheritance tax to family farms for the first time in history

The Independent UK

Tension, anger and frustration ‘so tangible’ among farmers after Budget – NFU

Britain’s farmers and growers will take part in a mass lobby of their MPs later this month.

Evening Standard

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Government urged to do right thing and reverse ‘family farm tax’

The Government is restricting the generosity of agricultural relief in a bid to make the inheritance tax system ‘fairer’.

Evening Standard

Starmer accused of lying to farmers with surprise Budget ‘tractor tax’ set to destroy family farms

Critics attack the government’s decision to extend inheritance tax to family farms

The Independent UK

UK may approve bee-killing pesticide despite election promise to ban it

Exclusive: Environment groups urge government to stick to its promises and refuse pesticide application

The Guardian - UK

Labour has left farmers facing agriculture budget ‘cliff edge’, says NFU

Union says members being ‘kept up at night’ over failure to commit to continue payments at current rate

The Guardian - UK

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‘We all get on well’: the town in England where cattle roam free

Living among cows is about common sense, say people in Minchinhampton, after a Surrey police car rammed an escaped calf on a residential street

The Guardian - UK

UK parties ignoring food shortage risks, say farming and retail bodies

NFU and the BRC write to Tories, Labour and Lib Dems over lack of focus on food security in campaigns

The Guardian - UK

‘Cannot be trusted’: traditional farming voter base turns away from Tories

Many disenchanted farmers are seeking new political homes. Can Labour and the Lib Dems capitalise on this opportunity?

The Guardian - UK

UK Farmers Face Post-Brexit Struggles: Rising Costs, Bureaucracy, and Environmental Policies

Is the UK doing enough to train the next generation as well as create incentives to ensure they want to work in the industry?

International Business Times UK

Farmers’ union lobbied to increase pesticide limit in UK drinking water

NFU’s director of strategy asked for review of EU-derived protections as part of post-Brexit loosening of rules

The Guardian - UK

Farmer confidence at lowest in England and Wales since survey began, NFU says

Union cites extreme wet weather and post-Brexit phasing-out of EU subsidies as main reasons for slump

The Guardian - UK

Why has it rained so much? Extreme flooding puts pressure on food producers

The winter of 2023/2024 broke the record for the wettest period

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Farmers warn ‘crisis is building’ as record rainfall drastically reduces UK food production

Reduction in yields means UK will be dependent on imports for wheat in coming year and possibly beyond

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re at the forefront’: the women leading the way through Britain’s farming crisis

A traditionally male-dominated industry is being quietly transformed by an influx of talent who don’t fit the stereotype

The Hindu

Centre to grant long-pending non-functional upgrade benefit to armed forces

Centre grants Non-Functional Upgrade (NFU) benefit to armed forces, resolving long-standing legal battle for pay parity.

The Guardian - UK

Farm work isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Letters: Rishi Sunak at the NFU | Tractor protests | Sex Lives of the Potato Men | Long-serving GPs

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The Guardian - UK

‘Our yields are going to be appalling’: one of wettest winters in decades hits England’s farms

Flooding top of agenda at NFU conference after extreme weather ruins thousands of acres of crops

The Guardian - UK

Labour tells NFU conference it will reduce imports that undercut British farmers

Shadow farming minister commits to forging closer relationship with EU as polling shows farmers favour Labour over Tories

The Guardian - UK

‘Morally bankrupt’: Tories may pay price for ignoring farmers

Rishi Sunak’s charm offensive at NFU conference fails to win over rural voters, but Labour also faces scepticism

The Guardian - UK

Farmer Rish! woos the NFU conference in full-on panic to secure rural vote

Downing Street team was in love-bombing mode at farmers’ union meeting in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

I have your back, Rishi Sunak tells farmers at NFU conference

Sunak becomes first PM to address conference since Gordon Brown in 2008, as Tories court farming sector

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court hears

Campaigners argue in legal challenge that loophole has allowed poultry farmers to pollute river

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged not to play culture wars over species reintroductions in England

Exclusive: Head of government taskforce calls for evidence not anecdote in debate over the beaver, white-tailed eagle and others

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