Critics say changes to inheritance tax and nature-friendly subsidies could break up family farms and risk food securityAfter this week’s budget, the usually mild-mannered National Farmers’ Union president, Tom...
Read MoreSubsidiary of electricity firm SSE signs ‘unique and novel’ employment and social housing deal with local councilsMore than 1,000 new homes are expected to be built across northern Scotland linked to a £20bn...
Read MoreClimate experts and ministers say burying electricity cables could cost 10 times more than pylonsEnergy and climate experts have hit out at Conservative plans to hold a review into electricity pylons, saying the manifesto pledge...
Read MoreProtest features 350 environmental groups demanding more robust action on UK wildlife lossThousands of people marched through central London to urge political leaders to take more decisive action in tackling the UK’s...
Read MoreReduction in yields means UK will be dependent on imports for wheat in coming year and possibly beyondRecord-breaking rain in recent months has drastically reduced the amount of food produced in the UK, farming groups have...
Read MoreBill proposes dividing large estates into smaller lots to spread land ownership and boost rural populationsScottish lairds will be ordered to break up their estates into smaller parcels during sales under plans to reverse the...
Read MoreAnger over sustainable farming scheme has triggered a wave of protests across the countryFarmers and agricultural workers have descended in force on Cardiff to protest against a number of the Welsh government’s rural...
Read MoreExclusive: FOI request reveals fears many would sell up if they saw assessment of post-Brexit farming payments schemeGovernment officials have buried an analysis of the financial prospects for some of the most vulnerable farmers...
Read MoreAlexander Darwall is challenging decision last year to overturn ban on wild camping on the moorsThe right to wild camp on Dartmoor could be under threat again after the supreme court granted permission for a wealthy landowner to...
Read MoreMove comes as campaigners call for wider access to land after court of appeal ruling on Dartmoor case says activity is lawfulUK politics live – latest updatesLabour would extend the right to wild camp to all national parks...
Read MoreExclusive: Labour is benefiting from drop-off but must ‘up its game’, says countryside organisationRural voters are becoming increasingly “politically homeless”, ministers have been warned, as polling...
Read MoreThe housing secretary is peddling the illusion that development can be kept away from the places where rural and suburban voters liveIt’s clear that housing will be a major issue at the next election, as it should be....
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