The latest Politics news for UK farmers and the agricultural industry.
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Urgent economic modelling work should be carried out due to David Davis' statement that the UK Government has done no economic assessment of crashing…
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Welsh dairy farmers have pressed the Government for an end to unfair trading practices and for the possibility for the introduction of Dairy Producer…
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The Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) is to submit expert testimonies about the impact of Brexit on UK farming to the Government. The Society will…
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A rural organisation has set out “red lines” which must not be crossed in order to secure the best possible post-EU trade deal for UK farming. The…
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The food and drink supply chain has called for early agreement on future UK trade with Ireland. In a cross-sector act of cooperation, signatories…
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Tariffs could inflate the current cost of some traded dairy products by as much as 50-60% if they were imposed between the UK and EU after Brexit…
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The starting gun has been fired on a possible second Scottish independence referendum and campaigners have hit the ground running. Already Yes and No…
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Farmers have been reassured of Prime Minister Theresa May's commitment to British farming, as she stated today (15 March) that she ‘will continue to…
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Plans to increase National Insurance levels for self-employed people - announced in the Budget last week - have been dropped. The Chancellor’s ‘U’…
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Farming Minister George Eustice has tread carefully on the subject of extending country of origin labelling once the UK leaves the EU. On Tuesday 14…
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