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Rupert Lowe: "We need to overhaul the entire approach to British farming"

Rupert Lowe: "We need to overhaul the entire approach to British farming"

Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe, who is also a farmer, writes on abolishing Inheritance Tax, the need for change in British agriculture, and supporting British farmers

Politics
Chris Brayford
clock 04 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Dairy

Hayley Campbell-Gibbons: "RABDF is a sleeping giant, and I'm here to wake it up"

clock 04 March 2025 鈥� 5 min read
Mental Health

McCain Foods GB's James Young - "Farmer confidence is at an all-time low... the wider food sector has a responsibility to step up and support them"

clock 03 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Farming has some of the best characters around... a community connected by a love of what they do"

clock 02 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "This is a technical term often used by dairy farmers"

clock 01 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Politics

Wendy Chamberlain: "It feels like the odds are stacked against farmers at the moment"

clock 01 March 2025 鈥� 4 min read
Politics

OPINION: "草榴社区 are not making anywhere near enough to begin paying IHT, even over 10 years"

clock 28 February 2025 鈥� 1 min read
Tim Farron: "I cannot remember a time when farmers were treated so badly by those in power"

Farm Business

Tim Farron: "I cannot remember a time when farmers were treated so badly by those in power"

Mr Farron, Liberal Democrats spokesperson for rural affairs, writes for 草榴社区 Guardian on issues including withdrawing BPS, Inheritance Tax changes, Donald Trump, food security and backing British farmers

clock 28 February 2025 鈥� 3 min read
From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

Politics

From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

This week from 草榴社区 Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

clock 27 February 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Llyr Gruffydd MS on IHT: "The policy is unforgivable and utterly counter-productive'

Politics

Llyr Gruffydd MS on IHT: "The policy is unforgivable and utterly counter-productive'

Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, Llyr Gruffydd, shares his views on the impact of the family farm tax in Wales ahead of a debate in the Senedd on Wednesday, March 5

clock 27 February 2025 鈥� 4 min read