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Robin Swann MP

Swann presents Farm Tax Petition

Robin Swann MP. (Pic: Freelance)

Swann to present family farm tax petition to Parliament on behalf of NI farmers

Robin Swann MP in the House of Commons

Swann to present Family Farm Tax petition to Parliament on behalf of Northern Ir...

Robin Swann MP speaking in the House of Commons.

Parliament to congratulate Young Farmers on anniversary

George Freeman

'Agri-Science Week in Parliament’ exhibit in the Palace of Westminster

(L-R) Jim Shannon MP, UFU president William Irvine, DEFRA Secretary Steve Reed, UFU parliamentary officer Alexander Kinnear.

UFU meets with Defra Secretary of State in London

DUP leader Gavin Robinson. (Photo by Kelvin Boyes /Press Eye)

Campaign against 'family farm tax' will continue - Robinson

Carla Lockhart, MP for Upper Bann. (Pic: Freelance)

MP condemns government's 'heartless cut' to Winter Fuel Payments

Tom Bradshaw

NFU reacts to Labour landslide

Strangford Westminster candidate Jim Shannon.

DUP will always stand up for our farming industry – Shannon

Contracts are critical to determining the business relationship that exists between farmers and milk buyers. Picture: Cliff Donaldson

Milk contracts update

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New milk contracts framework for farmers gets cautious welcome

Concerns have been raised over cuts to BBC local radio services

Moving BBC Concert Orchestra out of London 'didn't make sense'

New legislation being laid in Parliament today will ensure fair and transparent contracts for all dairy farmers in the UK. Pic: Columba O'Hare

Unions welcome new legislation on dairy contracts

A view of 49 scarecrows outside the Houses of Parliament as part of Riverford's ‘Get Fair About Farming’ campaign, calling for the Government to force the leading supermarkets to adopt fairer principles for British farmers. (Picture: David Parry/PA Wire)

Scarecrows ‘protest’ outside Parliament

Idris Elba stands in front of an installation of over 200 bundles of clothing representing the lives lost to Knife crime in the UK as he calls on the Government to take immediate action to prevent serious youth violence at Parliament Square on January 08, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Don't Stop Your Future)

Watch as Idris Elba calls for immediate ban on zombie knives
Video: A "massive education" around knife crime is needed, said actor Idris Elba during a protest in Parliament Square.
Lynn Rusk

Mr Paisely with Food, Farming and Fisheries Minister Mark Spencer. (Pic: DUP)

Paisley presses minister on veterinary medicines

Tory MP Peter Bone. Credit: PA

Tory MP 'should be suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct'

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

The protest was one of more than 30 events taking place in Britain – plus two in Spain – on what was dubbed a “Day for Rejoin”. Pictured here is Steve Bray.

Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray ‘wrestled out’ of Tory conference

Lucy Letby received a rare whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.

Criminals must face victims for sentencing after Lucy Letby’s no-show

Keir Mather. Credit: Getty

Johnny Mercer launches attack on Keir Mather - what was said

Ben Wallace will step down as defence secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle

Ben Wallace to step down as defence secretary

The UK is not on track to reach legally binding targets to reduce carbon pollution. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Where does the UK sit in the world rankings?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Former UK health secretary Sajid Javid

Senior Tory Sajid Javid says MPs £86,000 salary ‘should be doubled’
Former cabinet minister Sajid Javid has said MPs £86,000 salary should be doubled to attract more talent to Parliament.
Sam Johnson

Pictured in June 1980 is five-year-old Elaine McCready from Lurgan making sure that Snowey the kid did not go hungry at the Lurgan Show. Picture: Farming Life/News Letter archives/Darryl Armitage

Interested parties set to carefully study new White Paper proposals (1966)

Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

Majority of MPs approve Privileges Committee Boris Johnson Partygate report

Boris Johnson suffers resounding defeat over ‘Partygate’ report

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

MPs find Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Commons multiple times

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Will Boris Johnson stand as an MP in a different seat?

Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP with immediate effect

Boris Johnson resigns as MP over Partygate report

Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended

Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election

Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain’s roads under new laws

Andrew Bridgen MP

MP expelled from Conservative Party

Rishi Sunak could be forced to apologise to the House of Commons is he is found to have breached the MP’s code of conduct (image: Getty Images)

What time is PMQs on today?

Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the Parliament’s Standard Watchdog after allegedly failing to declare an interest

Sunak under investigation over alleged failure to declare interest

Margaret Ferrier MP was given a 270-hour community payback order for breaking lockdown rules by travelling on a train despite testing positive for Covid

Disgraced MP Margaret Ferrier facing 30 day suspension

TikTok is the world's most popular app

TikTok to be blocked from ‘all parliamentary devices’

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Watch live as Boris Johnson faces MPs at Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Boris Johnson to give evidence on Partygate this week

TikTok has been banned on all UK government devices

Oliver Dowden confirms TikTok now banned on all government devices

The UFU has commented on the Spring Budget.

UFU comment on Spring Budget

TikTok is set to be banned on UK government devices

TikTok expected to be banned on government devices over data fears

The red briefcase being held by chancellor Gordon Brown in 2007 (Photo: Getty)

Spring Budget 2023: what is in the iconic red box?

TikTok is to be investigated by National Cyber Security Centre

UK TikTok ban not being ruled out by government

Microchipping your pet cat will become compulsory from next year.

New law makes microchipping pet cats compulsory - or face £500 fine

: Members of the General Synod react after blessings for same-sex couples was approved in a vote by the General Synod at The Church House.

Church of England votes to offer blessings to same sex couples

President Zelensky to visit the UK for the first time since Russian invasion - everything we know so far

President Zelensky to visit the UK - everything we know so far

Aslef is one of four unions striking on 1 February

TUC organise ‘Right to Strike Day’ on February 1

Taxpayers face huge bill to cover Boris Johnson’s Partygate legal fees

MPs are set to discuss the consequences of Brexit for the first time.

Consequences of Brexit to be debated by MPs for the first time

Top 10 ugliest buildings in the UK and architectural eyesores including MI6 building & Scottish Parliament

Top ten ugliest buildings and architectural eyesores in the UK