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Spring Budget: Farmers await details on Chancellor's rural broadband plans
Farmers have said they would like to see further details on superfast broadband plans in the Chancellor's spring budget announcement tomorrow. In…
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'Potentially devastating for the rural economy': Government still unclear on trade after Brexit, according to report
The International Trade Committee's has said the Government must act quickly to bolster confidence and put the UK in the best position to forge new…
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Farmers uneasy over business rates ahead of Spring Budget
Farmers are calling on the Chancellor to help UK businesses in the rural sector that are currently feeling 'high levels of unease'. While retailers…
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Scotland's rural sector sets out proposals for 'stronger alignment' of farming and supply chain policy after Brexit
The Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS) has set out proposals for stronger alignment of farming and supply chain policy and strategy…
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First Minister Sturgeon announces rural apprenticeship boost
Companies in some Scottish rural areas will be given additional support to help them employ apprentices. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed…
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'Increasing multitude of pressures': National approach to land use 'more pressing than ever', campaigners say
A case for a national approach to land use is more pressing than ever, according to the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). CPRE has said that…
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May refuses to say if Scotland will control its own agricultural policy post-Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May has refused to say if Scotland will make decisions over its own agricultural policies after Brexit. Scottish Nationalist…
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Lincs Farming Conference: 'UK risks losing its biggest manufacturing industry unless it protects farming'
The United Kingdom will risk losing its biggest manufacturing industry unless it protects British agriculture. That is the message from NFU vice…
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Scotland pledges more funding and land for young farmers
The Scottish government is planning to increase funding for young farmers as rural secretary Fergus Ewing admitted the original pledge would not go…
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NFU Mutual calls on Chancellor to use forthcoming Budget to ease the path to Brexit for farmers
The rural sector has called for the Chancellor to use his forthcoming Budget to ease farmers’ path towards Brexit. Rural insurer NFU Mutual has said…
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