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With obstructive tenant and landlord relationships currently in focus, our chief reporter Rachael Brown looks at the Duchy of Cornwall and how it is working with tenants to achieve its net zero goals

When questioned at last weekend's English Winter Fair on whether he had wanted the role of Defra Secretary, Mr Spencer said it was not a question of ‘putting my hat in the ring'. "This was a decision for the Prime Minister," he said

The Secretary of State, Steve Barclay 'quickly' got the point that short-term tenancies are a problem when it comes to financing investment to drive productivity and participation in long-term environmental management

The new Secretary of State at Defra, Steve Barclay has pledged to ‘back British farming' as he takes up his new role following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's reshuffle earlier this week

TFA has had 7,000 advisory contacts with its members and has spent more than 1,700 hours delivering advice in the last year, with many of those disputes between landlords and tenants

Baroness Kate Rock, who led the Rock Review into tenant farming said she was disappointed, adding there was already 'sufficient evidence' to back the need for a Tenant Farming Commissioner

Baroness Kate Rock said with many of the responses from the Government packed into the Farm Tenancy forum, a lot was resting on its success, adding that the sector needed to start seeing ‘proactive thoughtful support'

Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association said in the last few weeks alone, five tenant farmers had come forward with concerns over land being replaced by solar

Chief executive, George Dunn is recognised for his 27 years of tireless campaigning for tenant farmers

The Tenant ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Association said each week it was hearing from a ‘growing number' of farmers losing access to tenanted land or being told their Farm Business Tenancies would not be renewed