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NFU press release or Guardian article?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... itance-tax

But what that misses is the fact that there is a fairly broad political consensus – with Keir Starmer among those who have signed up to it – that “food security is national security”, with a national interest in producing food domestically. If so, and given the vast pressure exerted by supermarkets on farmers to sell their produce cheaply, a straightforward free market approach looks likely to have undesirable consequences.

“We pay less of our pay packet on food than any other country in Europe,” Helena pointed out. “So the farmers have an argument that if we aren’t going to pay them properly, the tax break is a reasonable way to help them keep going.”

The stories she’s heard in her reporting on the subject, she added, “are upsetting – these are stereotypically unemotional older men crying and feeling like failures, because they’ve been building up a business that provides a public good and expecting to be able to hand it to their children. Above all, they want to be listened to and understood. They feel that they have not been heard.”

“We pay less of our pay packet on food than any other country in Europe"

Has this been sourced or is it the same bollocks as the "most expensive diesel in Europe" claims being peddled by the fat truckers?

Reinstate the Corn Laws or the puppies will die!


Good news on the way for the UK pet food production industry that poultry and cattle farmers appear to have missed.

a London-based startup has unveiled Chick Bites, the UK’s first commercially available pet food containing lab-grown meat. This milestone follows the UK government’s approval of cultivated meat for pet consumption in July.
This pioneering process eliminates the need for animal slaughter. Unlike conventional meat production, this approach grows chicken cells in a lab environment enriched with amino acids and vitamins, resulting in a nutrient-rich pâté biologically identical to traditional chicken. https://www.sustainabletimes.co.uk/post ... n-pet-food