Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper renewed her call for a ‘family farm test’, based on French and Irish models, to block large equity firms from exploiting tax breaks while safeguarding family holdings. The NFU said its Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign would now target the Finance Bill, warning the measure threatens to do ‘great damage to British agriculture’. The link to the survey is: https://www.campbellsavours.uk/farm_survey_2025Meanwhile the government’s decision to end financial support for the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs, has been heavily criticised. In some of the most remote rural areas, where suicide rates are already among the highest in the country, the Young Farmers’ network can be a literal lifeline. “In the county, YFCs provide meaningful support and each one makes a difference to its members across communities throughout the county.