Defra Secretary Steve Reed goes before Efra Committee, telling them an IHT rethink would mean NHS services will be cut and reveals a new redrawn SFI will be coming early next year. Animal health is on the agenda as a single case of BSE is recorded in Essex. Meanwhile there is good news as Gen Z say farmers are the champions of the British countryside and the latest weather forecast says rain is on the way.
Defra Secretary refuses to be moved, telling MPs it is a choice between Inheritance Tax or NHS provision
New report says Labour must 'rebuild trust' following series of policy shocks
Rotherham MP Sarah Champion has written exclusively for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian on how her 'Buy British Bill' could increase public procurement and ensure the UK produces more food from British farms
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Government Ministers have been implored to 'open their eyes' to the realities of Inheritance Tax changes and its impact on the health and well-being of farmers.
Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins told Parliament that more farmers had recently taken their own lives following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget changes to Inheritance Tax
Politicians have argued the US-UK trade deal has provided more uncertainty for British farmers
Arable farmer Olly Harrison said the Government needed to consider the human impact of Inheritance Tax (IHT) changes on farmers' health and well-being
Aberystwyth University student Charlotte Beer discusses changes to Inheritance Tax, how generational farming could change due to the proposed taxation, and the impact of trade deals which 'harm' British farmers
Chief reporter Rachael Brown questions what is being done to protect the agricultural tenanted sector to ensure it thrives, for both tenants and landlords going forward