"To trivialize such a devastating issue with an insensitive joke demonstrates a shocking lack of empathy and respect, especially coming from someone in a position of influence and leadership"

The Office for National Statistics said GDP fell 0.1% in October 2024. Services showed 'no growth', while Production (-0.6%) and construction (-0.4%) both fell.

"(Farmers) who are genuinely in ill health or don't believe that they will be able to live for seven years, may well decide they shouldn't be here in April 2026. No policy should ever be published which has that unintended side effect"

"Our countryside will remain needlessly under threat"

"I do not think large farmers should be exempt from Inheritance Tax because no-one else is"

"Transparency and authenticity are key in food production"

Ms Brandreth writes about The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Amendment Bill which could help provide better protections for farmers and their livestock

Scottish Government said further investigations to identify the origin of the disease are ongoing

"It is important to realise that rural isolation can be a very real problem for farmers, with a rise in loneliness since the pandemic"

The World Organisation for Animal Health has ruled that the UK is no longer free from highly pathogenic avian influenza