Budget 2024: Another blow for British farming

Budget 2024: Another blow for British farming

In her recent budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has introduced reforms that threaten to reshape Britain’s agricultural sector, impacting everything from family-owned farms to food security. Among the most contentious changes is a tightening of Agricultural Property...
Sustainable Food Report 2023

Sustainable Food Report 2023

  Download the Sustainable Food Report 2023   The latest Sustainable Food Report was written in the run up to the 2024 UK General Election. It was a time of hope for the food industry following a series of geopolitical shocks which have fundamentally altered...
MHA – Business Advisors to Agriculture

MHA – Business Advisors to Agriculture

RPG’s Founding Partner, MHA, has been critical to the development of The Rural Policy Group as a voice for all parts of the food supply chain. Like us, they are keen supporters of British agriculture, food and farming. MHA is a firm of chartered accountants, tax...
NFU Conference 2023 – The Political Promises

NFU Conference 2023 – The Political Promises

Labour Leader Sir Kier Starmer and Farming Minister Mark Spencer addressed the NFU Conference in Birmingham on 21/22 February to set out their plans for the future of farming. Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, RPG’s Founder and Chairman and colleagues in MHA’s...
Annual Report 2021

Annual Report 2021

Welcome to Rural Policy Group’s Annual Report 2021. The Annual Report 2021, Fair & Sustainable Food Pricing and the Value of Rural was writen against the backdrop of Brexit, the covid pandemic, the devastating war in Ukraine and a wider international context...