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75 highly skilled sheep shearers have been stopped from entering the UK which would have helped prevent heat stroke and disease during the warm months, says MP

Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Akins said Defra quangos and regulators need to either be scrapped or streamlined because at present, they do not serve the best interests of farmers, the countryside and the country as a whole

The farmers, both over 90 years-old, said Inheritance Tax changes could lead to their farm business being split up and sold, leaving them trapped in an unfair system. They asked the Prime Minister what date they need to die to avoid tax reforms

Markus Campbell-Savours was the only Labour MP to vote against the Government's Inheritance Tax changes this week. He may have had the whip suspended, but Mr Campbell-Savours has won the hearts and minds of farmers by standing with them, rather than against them

Police arrested farmers who arrived in Whitehall in tractors although many were unaware of the ban given its announcement was less than 24 hours before the protest began

Two of the proposals include abolishing Inheritance Tax changes and opening applications to the new SFI scheme

Attended by party leader Kemi Badenoch, Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins and Shadow Farming Minister Robbie Moore, the summit was held to raise awareness about the current crisis in UK agriculture

Latest odds suggest Louth and Horncastle MP Victoria Atkins could be the next Shadow Secretary of State to desert the Tories for Reform

Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins writes on Labour’s broken promises to farmers, how the Conservatives aim to win back rural communities at the next General Election and why the UK faces a food and farming emergency

Defra said 'repeated burning' on peatland damages precious ecosystems, but the Moorland Association says heather burning has helped to save lives