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Post-Brexit, ministers can finally give British farmers essential freedom to innovate
Max Anderson | ConservativeHome
Apr 16, 20244 min read
To protect our peatlands, use peat-free compost
Cllr Joe Porter | ConservativeHome
Apr 16, 20244 min read
Our peatlands are precious and we need to protect them
Thérèse Coffey MP | The Daily Telegraph
Apr 16, 20243 min read
MPs and celebs call for peat ban before election to save UK's countryside
Theresa Villiers MP | The Daily Express
Apr 16, 20242 min read
Seaweed - the money-making, net zero tool the UK is missing out on
Bert Evans-Bevan | CEN Blog
Apr 12, 20243 min read
Government Urged To Boost Support For Killing "Menace" Grey Squirrels
A group of Tory MPs are calling on the government to increase the grants provided to landowners to trap and cull grey squirrels, and...
Apr 10, 20241 min read
Taxpayers spending millions of pounds each year to clean blighted communities, MP warns
Tory MP Selaine Saxby said it is an “intrinsically conservative value” to take pride in local communities. She added: “Unfortunately,...
Apr 3, 20241 min read
Green Tories call for ‘environmental offer’ after sewage in rivers outcry
Tory environmentalists said the Government needed to do more to tackle the sewage crisis, with the Conservative Environment Network...
Mar 27, 20241 min read
How to fix British farming
British farmers produce some of the highest quality food anywhere in the world. But for farm businesses to continue to thrive while...
Feb 21, 20244 min read
Outside the EU, Britain can reward farmers, encourage agricultural innovation, and protect our natural world
Historically, the Conservatives have been the party of the countryside. However, recent by-election results show increased competition...
Feb 15, 20244 min read
Feb 13, 20246 min read
Tories call for 'Clarkson clause' to relax planning rules for farmers
A group of pro-green Conservative MPs is championing the introduction of a "Clarkson clause" named after the popular television presenter...
Feb 13, 20241 min read
Jeremy Clarkson hailed as top Tories call for ‘Clarkson’s Clause’ to encourage farm shops
The Conservative Environment Network also want to force supermarkets to pay more for food that meets sustainability standards and to...
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Masters of the (fresh country) air: Ministers urged to relax drone flying rules so farmers can use UAVs to precision bomb weeds and use less harmful pesticides on their crops
Aviation rules covering drones should be relaxed to allow farmers to use them to precision bomb weeds from the air, ministers have been...
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Tory MPs back calls for 'buy British' button on supermarket websites
Tory MPs have backed calls for a “buy British” button on supermarket websites to support local farmers. Duncan Baker and Alicia Kearns...
Feb 12, 20241 min read
England's green and pleasant land goes red as voters in more than half of the most rural constituencies switch support to Labour - as environmentalist Tory MPs say Brexit freedoms must be used to help
In a report endorsed by 27 MPs the Conservative Environment Network (CEN) is calling for inheritance tax on farmland to be abolished...
Feb 12, 20242 min read
Tories call for ‘Clarkson clause’ to encourage farm shops
A “Clarkson clause” should allow farmers to open farm shops without needing planning permission, according to a group of pro-green Tory...
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Inheritance tax rules should not punish green farmers
British farmers are angry, even if their response is not quite as dramatic as that of their French counterparts. Across the Channel, they...
Feb 10, 20242 min read
Hunt urged to scrap inheritance taxes ‘punishing’ eco-friendly farmers
Now, the Conservative Environment Network (CEN) is urging the Chancellor to overhaul the system in next month’s Budget. In a farming...
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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