Union says members being ‘kept up at night’ over failure to commit to continue payments at current rate
Farmers are facing a “cliff edge” as the Labour government refuses to commit to maintaining the agriculture budget, the president of the National Farmers’ Union has said.
The issue is one of the first pressures Labour is facing over its tight fiscal rules, along with a rebellion on the party’s refusal to remove the two-child benefit cap. Conservative MPs have said they plan to challenge the government on its failure to commit to the agricultural budget, which Labour says it will not comment on until after the spending review later this year.
Continue reading…Union says members being ‘kept up at night’ over failure to commit to continue payments at current rate Farmers are facing a “cliff edge” as the Labour government refuses to commit to maintaining the agriculture budget, the president of the National Farmers’ Union has said.The issue is one of the first pressures Labour is facing over its tight fiscal rules, along with a rebellion on the party’s refusal to remove the two-child benefit cap. Conservative MPs have said they plan to challenge the government on its failure to commit to the agricultural budget, which Labour says it will not comment on until after the spending review later this year. Continue reading…