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Labour must make farming priorities clearer, tenant farmers say
Labour must make the party’s food and farming priorities clearer following their landslide general election win, the Tenant Farmers Association has…
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Sir Keir Starmer appoints Steve Reed as new Defra Secretary
Steve Reed has been appointed Labour's Defra Secretary following the party's victory in the general election, ending 14 years of Tory rule. Prime…
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Minette Batters honoured with peerage for services to farming
Minette Batters, the former president of the NFU, has been honoured with a peerage for services to the union and the wider farming industry. Mrs…
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Labour's landslide win 'a reset moment' for British farming
Labour's landslide general election win is a 'reset moment' for British farming after 14 years of Conservative rule, the NFU has said. The union said…
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What a Labour government could mean for farming
New analysis has detailed what a Labour government could mean for the farming and wider rural sector based on its manifesto and key statements made…
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Groups plan legal action against Natural England over badger cull
Badger Trust and Wild Justice have announced they have sent a pre-action protocol letter over the government's badger cull. The letter has been sent…
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NFU Scotland urges crofters to participate in debate over reform
NFU Scotland is urging crofters to participate in the Scottish government’s proposals which seek to modernise the sector. The union is calling on its…
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Labour backtracks on pledge to ban 'ineffective' badger cull
The Shadow Defra Secretary has confirmed that Labour would continue to allow pre-existing badger cull licences if the party wins the general…
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Scottish government seeks views on crofting reform
Crofters and the wider public are being asked by the Scottish government to share their views on how crofting should be reformed. The consultation…
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Welsh farm leaders welcome new BVD legislation after delays
Despite frustrations over the delay in introducing bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) legislation in Wales, the long awaited BVD Wales Order will soon be…
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