Politics

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage said he would back a trade deal to allow imports of chlorinated chicken to enter the UK from the US, a move which could undercut British farmers

Farmer Richard Watts said: "Rising costs in wages, National Insurance, and energy are putting immense pressure on small and family-run farms"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

In the more than eight months since Labour won the election, the Defra Secretary has visited four farm businesses

While Ms Reeves was quick to quell any rumoured tax rises, she did not back down on the measures introduced in the Autumn Budget, including the family farm tax

The more than 4,000 word speech contained no mention of the words farming, agriculture, food security, nature or rural

Reaction to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement

Defra said the Food Strategy Advisory Board was the 'first step in a wider engagement strategy'

Almost one-quarter of family businesses have cut jobs or paused recruitment since the Autumn Budget

It has been rumoured Defra's budget could be on the ‘chopping block' in the Comprehensive Spending Review