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Matthew Robinson, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly candidate for East Londonderry

Budget ‘a missed opportunity for North Coast hospitality sector’

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

Lockhart slams Budget as missed opportunity to scrap family farm tax

Diana Armstrong

Armstrong: Labour’s red hand strikes farmers again

inheritance tax

Chancellor urged to use Autumn Budget to axe Family Farm Tax completely

No matter what politicians may say, the reality is that the UK is wedded to a cheap food policy, made worse now by the pressures of inflation on food and energy in particular.

To grow local or import food? Ultimately it comes down to cost

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Almost a quarter of school staff work in buildings with asbestos

Agriculture will remain a more powerful political force in Brussels than at Westminster or the devolved administrations.

Brussels Notebook: More of the same will be the order of the day for agriculture

Pictured at the Teagasc National Sheep conference in Ballinasloe were: (L to R) Pat Clarke, Teagasc Regional Manager Galway/Clare Advisory Region; Dr. Ruth Sanders, Superintending Veterinary Inspector with the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM); Darren Carty, Irish Farmers Journal; Damian Costello, Teagasc sheep specialist; Jake Delaney, Teagasc Walsh Scholar and Stan Lalor, Teagasc Director of Knowledge Transfer.

Interim findings of Labour on Sheep Farms Survey presented at Teagasc conference

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water.....cue the music... is an iconic moment in Jaws.

Little prospect of farming feeling at ease with the rising cost crisis

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart pictured with Irwin’s Bakery chief, Brian Irwin, chairman of the Federation of Bakers.

Concern at mounting pressures facing the UK bakery sector

Scott Walker, chief executive of GB Potatoes

Festival showcases the value to local economy of humble potato

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FFA disappointed following Judicial Review on Inheritance Tax in London

SilaSave –Save the top of the silage pit!

SilaSave –Save the top of the silage pit!

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

Support for Great British Beef Week, taking place from 23rd to 30th April

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

“Sir Keir Starmer’s party is failing the nation" - Lockhart

The TUV's Timothy Gaston

Gaston warns of further fuel protests if political action is not forthcoming
TUV MLA Timothy Gaston has warned that fuel protests will grow in number in the weeks and months ahead if action is not taken in Westminster and Stormont.
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Upper Bann's Carla Lockhart MP

Government urged to urgently ‘crack down’ on imported eggs

Cara Lockhart MP during reading of Finance Bill in Parliament

Carla Lockhart has urged the Labour Government to support agriculture

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

Use the upcoming Spring Budget to right the wrongs of previous actions - MP

Carla Lockhart - Upper Bann MP

High Court has ordered an urgent judicial review into inheritance tax reforms

Carla Lockhart MP

Carla Lockhart MP, has challenged the Labour Government to do ‘honourable thing’

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn pictured at last year’s Balmoral Show at Balmoral Park outside Lisburn. Picture: Arthur Allison /Pacemaker Press

Westminster will not be riding to the rescue Benn has warned

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

Changes to inheritance tax remain insufficient - Lockhart

Carla Lockhart MP with Baroness Minette Batters.

‘Management of Farm Profitability Review unacceptable': Lockhart

Chairman, Mr Robert Carmichael.

“Less farms in our society means less locally produced food"

Protest

'Protest pressure has worked on Inheritance Tax' - FFA

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart continues to condemn the Labour Government
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart continues to condemn the Labour Government, describing its controversial Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) reforms as immoral, unjust and fundamentally wrong.
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AERA committee chairman Robbie Butler

Muir urged to stop hiding behind flawed planning guidance

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhat

"This Budget offers presentation rather than substance" - Lockhart

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The DUP's Carla Lochart

MP expresses disappointment at Westminster’s farm taxation vote

Farmers take part in a protest with their tractors in Whitehall, London, ahead of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivering her Budget in the House of Commons. Picture date: Wednesday November 26, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire

We remain stuck with farming policies that failed before Brexit

UFU president William Irvine

UFU will host a post-budget information webinar for members on Tuesday 2 Dec

One of the tractors at the protest in London this morning

More to be gained by taking the political route on IHT - UFU president

Pictured at today's protest in London

'Enough is enough of pillaging family farmers' - Farmers For Action

Alan Wallace, Antrim, and Jordan Gregg, Aghadowey

Police threaten to arrest farmers during ongoing London protest

Britain's Justice Secretary and deputy Prime Minister David Lammy (R), Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (2R) and Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (3R) fly flags as they applaud Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Brussels Notebook: It will be hard for Reeves to match last year’s damage

Today, the UFU delegation held productive discussions with MPs and Peers of all parties, delivered a signed letter to the Treasury and engaged in a rally in opposition to family farm tax proposals.

NI farmers demand IHT changes at Westminster

Carla Lockhart MP

Debate urges government to engage with farmers over ‘tax heist’

Carla Lockhart MP

Upper Bann MP has secured a Westminster Hall debate

Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the Labour Conference at ACC Liverpool on September 30, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

You can hardly call Labour’s agricultural policies ‘competent’

Carla Lockhart, MP for Upper Bann

Unrestricted flow of illegal meat and dairy products into the UK

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rational behind agri support was to ensure food security

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

“The Labour Party has declared an ideological war on the UK agriculture sector"

Carla Lockhart MP

Pork deal represents a £19m boost for the UK agri-food sector

Carla Lockhart MP

"Let’s hope the Prime Minister was listening to his American counterpart" - MP

Report Author Poppy Bramford, Enginuity Policy Manager

Nine in 10 SMEs say labour costs risk driving up prices

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

MP outraged by Finance Bill’s draft legislation on inheritance tax reforms

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

“The illegal trafficking of livestock and food products must stop!"

Carla Lockhart with Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, chair of the Westminster Agri-Select Committee.

Inheritance tax remains firmly on the agenda for further debate

A live field vegetable crop establishment and band spraying demonstration will take place in Teagasc Oak Park, Carlow on Wednesday, 25 June. Pictured discussing the details of the event were, from left to right: Mr John Spink, head of Teagasc crops, environment, and land use programme, Mr Eoin Sweetman, specialised vegetable advisor, Professor Frank O’Mara, Teagasc director, Dr Lael Walsh, horticulture research officer, Mr Andy Whelton, specialised vegetable advisor, and Dr William Deasy, specialised vegetable advisor

Field vegetable crop establishment and band spraying demonstrations at open day

The vision in the EU is for the industry and Brussels to develop 'long term policy pathways to deliver a robust and sustainable livestock sector'

We can still look with envy to the EU's commitment to farming

UFU president William Irvine

EFRA report must act as a wake up call and a rallying cry for farmers - UFU

UFU president William Irvine

EFRA report must act as a wake up call and a rallying cry for farmers - UFU

Prime Minister Keir Starmer stands with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during the concert celebrating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, held at the historic Horse Guards Parade in central London. Picture date: Thursday May 8, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story MEMORIAL VEDay. Photo credit should read: Toby Melville/PA Wire

Some good news for Labour with two trade deals in a week

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