Rishi Sunak

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "If the next Government gets it right then this huge sector can grow"

This week from Alex Black, Farmers Guardian's head of news and business

Dr Neil Hudson MP, representing Penrith and the Borders, said the Prime Minister was the ideal 'countryside candidate' to lead the Conservatives at the next General Election on July 4

"The choice is now between me or Sir Keir Starmer"

The Government is extending permitted development rights to give farmers greater freedoms to diversify and convert agricultural buildings for commercial uses

Church Commissioners principal asset manager Ciara Williams said ‘early' conversations were actively encouraged with ‘next generation tenants' on Agricultural Holdings Act or Farm Business Tenancies, but it should be about ‘what is the future of the business, rather than pure succession'

This week from Farmers Guardian head of news and business Alex Black

Prime Minister says Government must ‘go further' to support farmers and 'secure the nation’s food supplies’

The Commissioner will be appointed this autumn

The committee has urged the Government to look at five key areas in 2024:- food security, fairness in the supply chain, future farming policy, labour shortages and the introduction of a Tenant Farming Commissioner