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Produce leaders call for compensation over post-Brexit infrastructure flop
Ports and fresh produce leaders are demanding government compensation for now-redundant post-Brexit border posts, calling them a costly blunder with…
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NFU urges Labour to follow winter fuel lead and change IHT reforms
As the government tweaks winter fuel payments for pensioners, the NFU has demanded urgent changes to inheritance tax rules to protect elderly farmers…
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NFU Scotland warns against farmers 'carrying the burden' in net zero drive
NFU Scotland has made clear that farmers are ready to lead on climate action—but won’t accept being unfairly burdened by new carbon budget plans. The…
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New UK-EU trade deal raises biosecurity fears amid illegal meat imports
The UK risks a surge in illegal meat imports and devastating animal disease outbreaks unless border checks are upheld under the new UK-EU trade deal…
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'Not in the public interest': Government refuses to reveal farm tax figures
The government is under fire for withholding financial evidence to back up a minister's claim that the clawback alternative to its inheritance tax…
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UK and EU agree deal to slash agricultural export red tape
The UK and EU have struck a fresh deal to ease post-Brexit trade friction, cutting red tape on agri-food exports with a new agreement on plant and…
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MPs warn inheritance tax shake-up could cripple tenant farming sector
Tenant farmers could face major financial fallout from looming inheritance tax reforms, prompting cross-party MPs to urge the government to rethink…
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Drought-battered farms need support now, say coalition of groups
Farming and environmental groups are calling on the government to act now to protect Britain’s food supply as fields across the country are parched…
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MPs urge delay to 'family farm tax' as trust in government crumbles
A cross-party committee of MPs is calling on the government to delay its inheritance tax reforms to avoid harming family farms and restore trust in…
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MP warns UK must not trade away gene editing progress for closer EU ties
An MP is urging the UK government to protect 'hard-won' gene editing rules from being watered down in post-Brexit talks with the EU. Former science…
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