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NPA ‘extremely disappointed’ with Defra response to COVID compensation request
NPA chairman Rob Mutimer issued an angry response after Farming Minister Victoria Prentis rejected the NPA’s request for a COVID compensation scheme for the English pig sector. The Department claimed...
View ArticleAssociation calls for meat processors to be eligible for Skilled Worker visas
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) is calling on the Home Office and UK Visas & Immigration to make meat processors eligible for a Skilled Worker visa. Tony Goodger, a...
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Time running out for pig sector unless Government intervenes – NPA
The NPA has warned that time is running out for the UK pig industry and is urging the Government to take immediate action to address the labour crisis crippling the food and farming sector. There are...
View ArticleGovernment to issue visas for HGV drivers and poultry workers – but ignores...
The Government has announced that it will make more 10,000 temporary visas available for HGV drivers and poultry workers, but has so far rejected calls for visas for butchers to be included to help...
View ArticleIndustry fury as arrogant Prime Minister throws crisis-torn pig industry...
In an astonishingly arrogant and ignorant interview, Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed the crisis-torn pig sector’s plight, telling Andrew Marr the pigs are going to die anyway. Mr Johnson made...
View ArticleGovernment needs to step up and help pig sector – Shadow Defra Secretary
Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard has urged the Government to listen to pig farmers and ‘step up and take action now’ to save the industry from an irreversible decline. Mr Pollard, a Plymouth MP,...
View ArticleNew Zealand trade deal threatens to damage the viability of UK farming,...
Farming organisations have warned that the trade deal with New Zealand, announced yesterday, could damage the viability of UK farming in the years ahead. NFU president Minette Batters said the deal...
View ArticleFarming and animal welfare bodies condemn lack of clarity in Government...
The Government has failed to offer any firm assurances on protecting farm standards in its long-awaited response to the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) report, according to the NFU....
View ArticleUK farming unions set out key priorities for future relationship with EU
The British Agriculture Bureau (BAB), which collectively represents the NFU Scotland, NFU, NFU Cymru, and the Ulster Farmers Union in Brussels, has relaunched BAB with a new logo and the publication of...
View ArticlePork excluded from UK-Australia trade deal, but wider industry fears confirmed
The UK-Australia trade deal opening up trade on a range of agricultural and other product does not cover pork, poultry and eggs, the final agreement shows. The Government said the Free Trade Agreement...
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