Amid the budgetary fallout Westminster had seen a political shake up on the opposite side of the house.

Kemi Badenoch, the new leader of the Conservative party, has announced her shadow cabinet, naming former health secretary Victoria Atkins as Steve Barclay’s replacement as shadow Defra secretary.

Speaking on social media, Ms Atkins said she was “delighted” to become the shadow secretary for environment, food and rural affairs.

She added: "Labour's Budget of broken promises will hurt rural and coastal Britain and has shown that Labour does not understand the pressures we face.”

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The MP for Louth and Horncastle in Lincolnshire further stated: "I look forward to holding them to account on food security, climate change, flooding and the survival of family farms."

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore, who grew up on his family farm in Lincolnshire, has also been reappointed to the role of farming minister.

He said on social media: "Having spent my whole life in the sector, delighted to be reappointed shadow farming & rural affairs minister working with Victoria Atkins.

"We will work tirelessly holding this Labour gov to account, backing our farmers every step of the way."

In her first outing at Prime Ministers Questions as leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch pressed Sir Keir Starmer, on what she described as the “cruel family-farms tax” and stated that the Conservative’s would reverse the reforms if re-elected.

The PM was bold in his retort, defending the decision and reinforcing the adage that most farmers would be unaffected by the changes.

This sentiment has since been reinforced by Defra secretary Steve Reed, who stated the Labour party has delivered a budget that backs British farmers.

This article originally appeared on our sister title, the Scottish Farmer.