"The choice is now between me or Sir Keir Starmer"
The Government is extending permitted development rights to give farmers greater freedoms to diversify and convert agricultural buildings for commercial uses
Church Commissioners principal asset manager Ciara Williams said ‘early' conversations were actively encouraged with ‘next generation tenants' on Agricultural Holdings Act or Farm Business Tenancies, but it should be about ‘what is the future of the business, rather than pure succession'
This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian head of news and business Alex Black
Prime Minister says Government must ‘go further' to support farmers and 'secure the nation’s food supplies’
The Commissioner will be appointed this autumn
The committee has urged the Government to look at five key areas in 2024:- food security, fairness in the supply chain, future farming policy, labour shortages and the introduction of a Tenant Farming Commissioner
This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian editor Olivia Midgley
With the focus on landlord-tenant relationships at the NFU tenant conference, some farmers felt more needed to be done to tackle bad practice by landlords and their land agents
MP Graham Stuart said it had been an 'enormous joy and privilege' to serve as minister and looks forward to fighting and winning his seat later this year