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Farming leader Minette Batters says government needs to take action to tackle worsening water shortagesNew reservoirs are needed across England to cope with increasingly severe water shortages that are putting the UK at risk of not being able to grow t…
Thérèse Coffey advises consumers to opt for turnips as tomato and cucumber supplies dwindleWhy are UK supermarkets facing fresh food shortages?Spanish growers blame weather, rising costs and BrexitShortages of salad and other vegetables in UK supermark…
Some producer bodies point finger at climate change, but others put it down to bureaucracy and logisticsFluctuating temperatures, increased production costs and the knock-on effects of Brexit are all contributing to the vegetable shortages that have le…
PM says Commons will be given a chance to ‘express its view’ on any final dealBritish Steel has announced the closure of the coking ovens at its Scunthorpe works with the loss of 260 jobs, my colleague Jasper Jolly reports.Graeme Wearden has reaction t…
Leader targets traditionally Tory voters in ‘persuasive and coherent’ address at NFU conference about value of sector and its challengesUK politics live – latest news updatesSir Keir Starmer has told Britain’s farmers that rural communities are “in his…
Farming groups say allowing high-carbon meat to enter UK could undermine domestic beef sector and harm environmentMexican beef could hit UK supermarket shelves as the farming minister confirmed that the high-carbon meat could be imported under a new t…
RCN suspends 48-hour strike in England planned for March with health secretary to meet union leaders. This live blog is now closedNurses in England pause strike action to enter ‘intensive’ pay talksMinette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Un…
Farmers’ union president Minette Batters to say ‘volatility, uncertainty and instability are greatest risks to farm businesses’“The clock is ticking” to support Britain’s farmers battered by a storm of rising costs, labour shortages, bird flu and post-…
Exclusive: In address to NFU conference on Tuesday, Labour leader will make his pitch to the rural communityKeir Starmer will promise farmers a closer trading relationship with the EU and to protect high British food standards, as he says the Conservat…
Authorities have blamed the growing of coca – the base ingredient of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwiseCattle-ranching, not cocaine, has driven the destruction of the Colombian Amazon over the last four decades, a new study …