Listen: AIC's Ed Barker joins The Spectator podcast on Budget implications for rural economy
The Agricultural Industries Confederation's (AIC) Head of Policy and External Affairs Ed Barker was featured on The Spectator's podcast yesterday (7 November), discussing what the Budget means for farmers and UK agriculture.
Offering insight from the agricultural supply industry, Mr Barker joined The Spectator's "The Edition" podcast with journalists William Moore and Lara Prendergast, and The Telegraph's political commentator Simon Heffer.
They discussed changes to agricultural property relief and other Budget implications for farms, the wider agricultural industry and the rural economy. Read AIC's blog reacting to the Budget here.
Mr Barker also explained why the Government needs to establish a clear land-use strategy to support food security and productivity, managing our land as a finite resource and balancing the competing priorities of food production, energy, housing, infrastructure, and environmental protection.
Listen to The Spectator podcast from 16:42 to hear the discussion with AIC's Ed Barker.
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As Head of Communications, Oli creates and oversees the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media. A qualified multimedia journalist, he previously spent six years working at Farmers Weekly magazine as a Senior Reporter on the arable team, and latterly as Community Editor. More recently he was Communications Manager at Red Tractor.