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In the more than eight months since Labour won the election, the Defra Secretary has visited four farm businesses

While Ms Reeves was quick to quell any rumoured tax rises, she did not back down on the measures introduced in the Autumn Budget, including the family farm tax

Defra said the Food Strategy Advisory Board was the 'first step in a wider engagement strategy'

Almost one-quarter of family businesses have cut jobs or paused recruitment since the Autumn Budget

It has been rumoured Defra's budget could be on the ‘chopping block' in the Comprehensive Spending Review

Will new funding be enough to support farming and rural communities from crime?

Jason Hollands, of wealth management firm Evelyn Partner, said another area that could be subject to an 'overhaul' was the lifetime gifting regime

RPA chief executive Paul Caldwell said he leaves the agency in a 'great position' to further maximise grant-making and deliver for its customers

On today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown gives the latest on the first case of avian flu found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Slovakia – where the disease has been found on three separate farms, and the Tenant Farmers Association's call on Defra to allow 'in-flight' SFI applications to be processed

Mr Juniper, former president of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and adviser to King Charles, has been reappointed as chair of Natural England for a third term