📦 Empty supermarket shelves in Shetland highlight food security risk. Bad weather and ferry cancellations have left shelves bare at Tesco in Lerwick, Shetland, sparking urgent questions about the UK’s food security. 🌊🛒 Alistair Carmichael MP shared the stark images, calling them a “cut out and keep guide to food security and why it matters.” He warned that relying heavily on imported food leaves communities — and the nation — exposed. “After a few days of bad weather and no ferries, this is w

NFU president Tom Bradshaw has defended the decision to end the union’s high-profile Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign, saying it delivered the best outcome possible in tough political circumstances and that lobbying is far from over. Speaking to NFU Council this week, Mr Bradshaw said 15 months of coordinated pressure helped secure a rise in the proposed inheritance tax threshold to £2.5m (£5m for married couples) — something that once seemed “impossible”. “The very high-profile campaign… has c