The Latest Breaking News from Mark Spencer

Labour cutting farming budget in England by £100m a year, figures shows

Nature and farmers’ groups cautiously welcome spending review as there were fears Treasury wanted bigger cuts

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2025

‘We’ve got baby owls again’: how farming policy is helping English wildlife

Some fear the ambitious environmental land management scheme is at risk, just as farmers are beginning to embrace it

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024

Chris Philp and Nick Thomas-Symonds among political figures debating crime and immigration – as it happened

Channel 4 News special to address law, order and immigration with seven political figures

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024

Labour tells NFU conference it will reduce imports that undercut British farmers

Shadow farming minister commits to forging closer relationship with EU as polling shows farmers favour Labour over Tories

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024

Tory minister dismisses SNP as 'communists' over food price controls

The SNP’s proposal to cap the price of staple foods was dismissed as “communism” by a minister in the Commons.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 19, 2023

SNP’s proposal for staple food price caps dismissed as ‘communism’ by minister

Food and farming minister Mark Spencer warned that such a policy would ‘drive up prices’.

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Fishing communities ‘suffering from impact of growing seal colonies’, says MP

Sally-Ann Hart, Tory MP for Hastings and Rye, was speaking during environment questions in the House of Commons.

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Minister condemns incident where foreign vessel ‘tried to sabotage’ UK trawler

The incident involving a Spanish vessel, registered in France, and the UK trawler Defiant happened off the coast of Shetland.

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Two-thirds of people do not trust Tories on environment, poll finds – as it happened

Ipsos poll carried out after Rishi Sunak U-turn on net zero policies also evenly split on whether policy shift was correct

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2023

Eating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study finds

Meat-free eating found to have much lower environmental impact on land use, water pollution risk, water use and biodiversity loss

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023