The NFU is the biggest farming organisation in the UK. We have a high profile nationally, both in the media and in Westminster, as well as a well‑established network supporting and working with our ...

The NFU is ramping up its opposition to the government’s proposed ‘family farm tax’, with high-profile events planned for February and March. At a meeting on Tuesday 28 January, the NFU ...

The A39 in north Devon was closed after a crash this afternoon. Both directions were closed at Roundswell roundabout in Barnstaple after multiple vehicles collided just before 1.30pm today ...

A huge new neighbourhood is set to be built on the outskirts of Barnstaple in North Devon over the next decade. Housebuilder Lovell and housing association LiveWest have agreed a joint venture to ...

The NFU has staged a nationwide day of unity, intensifying pressure on the UK government to reconsider proposed changes to inheritance tax (IHT) that could severely impact family farms.

Ross Parkhouse, 35, of Willshere Road, Barnstaple, allowed the animals, Duke and Blue, to suffer over a prolonged period. The case was so horrific that the chair of the magistrates' bench was ...

The NFU staged a series of protests on Saturday as part of a National Day of Unity, with farmers bringing food, machinery and livestock to town centres across the UK The government's inheritance ...

Speaking to a crowd in Cambridge on Saturday, the president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU), Tom Bradshaw thanked farmers and the public for engaging with the national day of action ...

A petition signed by more than 270,000 members of the public has been handed in to 10 Downing Street by NFU President Tom Bradshaw and NFU Cymru President Aled Jones, on behalf of the four UK farming ...

President of the National Farmers' Union Tom Bradshaw has launched a fresh attack on the Labour Government, claiming their inheritance tax raid on farmers is "unfair" and "abhorrent". Today, Bradshaw ...

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Farmers from across Yorkshire are set to descend on a North Yorkshire town as part of an ongoing protest. The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has announced that it will be holding a National Day of ...