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Target led ambitions needed for environment and food security, says NFU

Politics

Target led ambitions needed for environment and food security, says NFU

NFU has published its manifesto ahead of the next general election urging all political parties to support policies which back British food and farming

clock 11 December 2023 • 3 min read
From the editor: Abi Kay - Political careers raised from the dead just in time for Halloween

Farm Business

From the editor: Abi Kay - Political careers raised from the dead just in time for Halloween

New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has raised several political careers from the dead just in time for Halloween. But will Chancellor Jeremy Hunt take his reaper’s scythe to the farming budget? Abi Kay explores.

clock 28 October 2022 • 2 min read
Conservative conference: Efra chair to look at keeping direct support for small farmers

Farm Business

Conservative conference: Efra chair to look at keeping direct support for small farmers

The chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, Sir Robert Goodwill, has said he intends to look at the possibility of maintaining an element of direct support for ‘small’ farmers.

clock 04 October 2022 • 1 min read