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Michael Miller specialises in Agriculture, Farms and Estates Partner at law firm Spencer West LLP

With Labour continuing to keep its course on the changes to Inheritance Tax, Michael Miller at Spencer West looks at what politicians are missing

Harry Bowell is Director of Land and Nature at the National Trust

Christine Bish is member of management of the National Farm Women’s Club and chair of the RABI Volunteers Committee for Cambridgeshire

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager

Welsh Government funding schemes in 2025 will focus on preparing for the launch of the Sustainable Farming Scheme in 2026

NFU Cymru president Aled Jones said he was ‘deeply concerned' any future adjustments to agricultural funding into the Welsh block grant would be ‘subject to the Barnett formula'

Last week's Budget has brought succession and the transition of family assets to the forefront of everyone's minds, with considerable fear of potential Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax bills

Baroness Kate Rock is hopeful that newly elected Labour MPs in rural constituencies are already talking sensibly about finding a way forward to protect farms from ‘oblivion’

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have not yet licensed the use of BTV-3 vaccines, but said they would keep it under review