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Labour MPs urge UK retailers to end 'farmwashing' practices
Dozens of Labour MPs have written a letter to the UK's six largest retailers raising concerns over 'farmwashing' and unfair business practices. The…
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Deadline extended for NI manure export submissions following storm
Northern Ireland Environment Agency has announced an extension for farmers unable to submit their non-derogated manure export records due to Storm…
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Group of MPs call for government to ditch gun licence fee increases
A group of MPs has written to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to oppose the 245 percent increase to shotgun certifications. In a letter open to…
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Labour-backing Iceland boss speaks out against farm IHT changes
Iceland boss and Labour backer Richard Walker has spoken out against the party's inheritance tax proposals on farmers after previously supporting the…
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Farmland to be protected in new 'national conversation' on land use
The government has set out how it will better protect productive farmland as part of a new consultation which aims to 'make the most of our land'…
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Upland farms losing out on payments, Green Alliance warns
England’s struggling upland livestock farmers are losing out on government payments, which in turn has 'serious implications' for nature restoration…
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Government's food import controls 'inadequate' as disease risk grows
The government's import controls have been slammed as 'inadequate' as the threat of diseases like foot-and-mouth and African swine fever (ASF) grow…
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Government must boost UK food production by 30% by 2050, MPs say
The UK government must adopt an ambitious new strategy to increase domestic food production by 30% by 2050, MPs who sit on a committee say. With good…
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NFU confirms it will increase efforts in fighting 'family farm tax'
The NFU has confirmed it will increase its efforts in fighting the so-called 'family farm tax', with a 'constant drumbeat of activity' planned for…
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Postponed Scotland-wide tractor rallies to take place this weekend
Tractor rallies will take place across Scotland this weekend to highlight how the proposed changes to inheritance tax threatens the viability of…
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