Politics

"The unequivocal case for an increased, ring-fenced and multi-annual UK farming budget was made clear once again"

October 12 marks 100 days of a Labour Government - a new white paper from Farmers Guardian highlights key factors the Government must not overlook

Shadow Defra Secretary Steve Barclay claimed to have backed food production, while Labour and the Lib Dems criticised the Conservative record

Highlands and Islands MSP Tim Eagle has been named as the new Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary

"Sometimes we go without eating so our children can eat. Despite already working over 80 hours, seven days a week, I was told I would need to get another job. It is appalling"

The Scottish Greens claimed the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 was acting as a 'loophole' in the fox hunting ban. But politicians argued the legislation's licensing scheme had enabled farmers to control predators on farmland

"By sidelining our farmers, we risk jeopardising both our food supply and the rural economy"

"Politics has not worked for farmers in a very long time"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley