Labour MPs call for ‘level playing field’ for farmers

Labour MPs are calling on the Government to act to make British farms more profitable (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

Rural Labour MPs have called for a “level playing field” and Australian-style origin labelling to help make British farms more profitable.

With British farmers facing a “perfect storm” of higher costs, more regulation and tougher competition from abroad, a group of Labour MPs is set to spend the spring campaigning for changes they say could net farms £500 million in profit.