There are too many people living in poverty in this country, having to rely on Food Banks to feed themselves and their families. The best answer is to make sure that there are sufficient jobs paying sufficient wages so that no one should need handouts.

But, building a job-rich economy is a long-term project - and in the meantime, people must feed themselves an their families. There are many charities that have been established to do this, one of which is The Country Food Trust, which produces food and donates it to people in need.

Sir Ian Botham recently agreed to provide the Trust not only with 10,000 pheasants, but also £40,000 in cash to help turn them into casserole and curry. 

Was this a good thing? Not according to a certain proportion of the media.

Labour would wreck rural life. The manifestos of a potential 'progressive alliance' pose a profound threat to the countryside. Melissa Kite reports for The Spectator

As an ex director of the LACS himself, Jim Barrington highlights the prejudices of the organisation in his letter to Joe Duckworth current CEO of the LACS. As published in the Lancashire Evening Post

Jim Barrington explains why a wild mammals welfare law should replace the Hunting Act in his article for the Western Morning News.

The Daily Mail reports on the possible risk of a Labour SNP deal