Countryside Alliance

Thank you to the farming families that helped us put together this powerful letter writing campaign, which has featured in the Daily Express as part of their Save the Family Farm campaign. We must fight for the next generation of farmers, before it's too late! You can read the article in full here >> https://lnkd.in/eshkvxen

Yesterday our Director of the Campaign for Hunting, Polly Portwin, spoke to GB News live from the Bicester Hunt kennels to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hunting Act coming into force. Watch the whole interview here 👇

The Countryside Alliance has urged the Government to urgently reset its relationship with the countryside, 20 years after the Hunting Act came into force under the then Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair 👇

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Hunting Act, Polly Portwin has written for the Yorkshire Post urging the Government to end its war on rural communities⬇️

We are proud to be supporting farming families against the hated #FamilyFarmTax. Farmers are the custodians of our precious countryside and we must fight for the next generation.

Over the weekend our Chief Executive, Tim Bonner, spoke to BBC Politics East about the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Hunting Act, saying: "I find it worrying that it's been 20 years since the ridiculous legislation was passed in the first place, but the idea that we have to return to this now, that this is Labour's priority in the countryside, is frankly extraordinary." Watch the full segment here 👉 https://lnkd.in/etYm2Qhb

After six months, the 2024-25 game shooting season has come to an end. The coverts and moors will now have a pause from the clack of sticks and the crumpling crack of feed sack flags. Head over to our website to read our round up of the season.

"I invite him to come and speak to those farmers, to hear the pain in their voices." Director of External Affairs at the Countryside Alliance, Mo Metcalf-Fisher, clashes with former Labour Spokesperson, James Matthewson, over his claim that farmers aren't as outraged over inheritance tax as report suggests.

"If you are not willing to tackle hard questions like how to reduce the impact of cats on wildlife, or if you are simply going to deny they do any harm, then you are a protectionist, not a conservationist," says Tim Bonner in his latest editorial. Read on in full over on our website ⬇️

On Monday 10 February, there will be a Westminster Hall debate in response to an online petition which relates to inheritance tax relief for working farms. Ahead of this debate, the Countryside Alliance has issued an updated briefing note to MPs outlining our position on the issue, as well as providing a breakdown of some of the disputed Treasury calculations in regards to the impact of this decision.