The Soil Association said if the Defra Secretary wants to achieve 'long-term food security, profitability and sustainability for our farming sector', then simply monitoring for British food in public institutions 'will not be enough'
Steve Reed uses Oxford Farming Conference to unveil Labour's long-term vision for agriculture
In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reports on the criticism made by Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association towards Treasury Ministers, accusing them of political stonewalling against any consideration of 'reasonable' amendments to the proposed changes to APR and BPR. ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian’s campaign to save Britain's family farms from Inheritance Tax changes will feature heavily at this year’s LAMMA show
Amid growing unrest from farmers over a proposed Inheritance Tax announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget, the Defra Secretary has faced pressure for the number of farms he has visited since July 5
"I do not think large farmers should be exempt from Inheritance Tax because no-one else is"
UFU president William Irvine said once all the facts were laid out on the table, it seemed the negative impact that the budget changes will have on NI started to 'hit home'
More than 40 organisations, including River Action and RSPCA, pen open letter to Steve Reed urging Defra to back British farming
Mr Bradshaw said winning the fight on the family farm tax will only be achieved through two ways, maintaining public support and pressurising the Treasury with their own backbench MPs
Defra said the Government had inherited the laboratories in 'poor condition' and warned the current state of the facilities posed a 'significant risk to Britain's farmers and human health'
MPs will hold the first evidence session of this inquiry next week, scrutinising the potential impacts of proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief