EXPLAINED: 6 - The Real Truth

Starmer accused of lying to farmers with surprise Budget ‘tractor tax’ set to destroy family farms

Critics attack the government’s decision to extend inheritance tax to family farms

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

UK may approve bee-killing pesticide despite election promise to ban it

Exclusive: Environment groups urge government to stick to its promises and refuse pesticide application

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2024

Labour has left farmers facing agriculture budget ‘cliff edge’, says NFU

Union says members being ‘kept up at night’ over failure to commit to continue payments at current rate

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

Farmers’ union lobbied to increase pesticide limit in UK drinking water

NFU’s director of strategy asked for review of EU-derived protections as part of post-Brexit loosening of rules

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2024

Farmer confidence at lowest in England and Wales since survey began, NFU says

Union cites extreme wet weather and post-Brexit phasing-out of EU subsidies as main reasons for slump

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024

Why has it rained so much? Extreme flooding puts pressure on food producers

The winter of 2023/2024 broke the record for the wettest period

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024

Farmers warn ‘crisis is building’ as record rainfall drastically reduces UK food production

Reduction in yields means UK will be dependent on imports for wheat in coming year and possibly beyond

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2024

‘They’re at the forefront’: the women leading the way through Britain’s farming crisis

A traditionally male-dominated industry is being quietly transformed by an influx of talent who don’t fit the stereotype

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Centre to grant long-pending non-functional upgrade benefit to armed forces

Centre grants Non-Functional Upgrade (NFU) benefit to armed forces, resolving long-standing legal battle for pay parity.

The Hindu · Feb 29, 2024

Farm work isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Letters: Rishi Sunak at the NFU | Tractor protests | Sex Lives of the Potato Men | Long-serving GPs

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024