Agricultural Policy News
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"We're not happy with it" - Welsh First Minister repeats FUW concerns over future farm funding changes.
"It is a huge concern that that has been changed... it will not recognise that Wales has a higher proprotion of farmers than other parts of the UK"
Eluned Morgan MS - First Minister
UK Autumn Budget offers small concession for family farms, says FUW
The President of the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW), Ian Rickman, has responded following today’s UK Budget, which offers a partial but insufficient adjustment to the government’s damaging reforms to inheritance tax (IHT). The FUW has repeatedly warned that the reforms, due to come into force next A...
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Farmers’ Union of Wales makes “unprecedented” plea to MPs over inheritance tax changes
Ahead of the UK Government’s Budget next week, the President of the Farmers’ Union of Wales, Ian Rickman, has written to every Member of Parliament across the UK to highlight the Union’s grave concerns about the UK Government’s proposed changes to inheritance tax, due to come into force next April. ...
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Montgomeryshire Day brings the best of local food, farming and tourism to the Senedd
On Tuesday (11 November), FUW’s Montgomeryshire Branch joined local businesses, stakeholders, MSs and a local school choir to celebrate Montgomeryshire Day with a reception in the Senedd. The event, kindly hosted by Russell George MS, showcased the breadth and depth of the county’s rural enterprise...
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Welsh Affairs Committee report on Welsh agriculture is well-considered, says FUW
Ahead of the UK Government’s Autumn Budget, the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has welcomed a new report from the UK Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee, which criticises the UK Government for its “complacency” in overlooking the long-term impact of its policies on the sustainability of Welsh agricu...
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