Politics

Farming groups including the NFU, CLA, Tenant Farmers Association and the Central Association for Agricultural Valuers met with the Treasury today

All four UK farming unions and member organisations from across the sector are due to meet with Treasury officials on February 18 to discuss the Government's proposed changes to Inheritance Tax

Small business confidence plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2024 to its lowest recorded point outside the pandemic

The equivalent of 44 bottles of Scotch whisky were exported every second in 2024

Prior to the Budget, the Farmers' Union of Wales previously warned a worse case scenario of full ‘Barnettisation' of Wales' agricultural funding could equate to a ‘drop of around 40% in funding for Welsh farming - a cut of around £150m a year'

This week from Farmers Guardian's online editor Emily Ashworth

A chorus of tractor horns irked Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer so much he went on television to tell the public the Government had a choice to either lower NHS waiting lists or give farmers a tax break

The Prime Minister is understood to have no intention of attending the conference, with Defra Secretary Steve Reed expected to speak

It comes as the Government consults on further reductions

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said you cannot give a 'tax break' for farmers if you want to drive down NHS waiting lists and mortgage rates