Efra chair asks to meet Prime Minister urgently to discuss 'potential mitigations' to IHT reform

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Carmichael said that 鈥榙eep concern' is fuelling low confidence and morale levels in the agricultural and wider rural community and that he would like to meet with the PM urgently to discuss 鈥榩otential mitigations'

24 January 2025 鈥� 8 min read

The Efra committee chair Alistair Carmichael has written to the Prime Minister highlighting a contrast in opinion between him and his Defra Secretary on the aim of the reforms to Agricultural Property...

EXCLUSIVE - Adrian Ramsay: 'It is time to end the cruelty of cages and crates in UK farming"

Green Party MP Adrian Ramsay writes for 草榴社区 Guardian on the need to end farrowing crates and the use of cages in farming

Adrian Ramsay

12 December 2025 鈥� 5 min read

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NFU Scotland lays out Scottish Budget asks

NFU Scotland has called for a 拢90 million uplift in the 2026/27 Budget to support growth, resilience and transition across the farming sector

Alex Black

12 December 2025 鈥� 2 min read

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EXCLUSIVE - George Freeman: "The real risk posed by the Government's shotgun licensing proposal is not to public safety, but to our rural way of life"

Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman writes on why Labour's reforms to shotgun licensing are 'misguided'. Instead, he argues why the shooting industry plays a crucial role in the heartlands of farming communities, the rural economy, to rural conservation, and people's enjoyment of country sports

George Freeman

11 December 2025 鈥� 4 min read

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