Today, many MPs are wearing wheat-sheaf lapel pins to show their support for British farming. This tradition is linked to Back British Farming Day, an annual event organized by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) to celebrate the British farming sector and highlight its importance to the UK economy. The wheat-sheaf badges symbolize support for British food and farming standards and are worn by MPs during debates and Prime Minister’s Questions in the Palace of Westminster
. In addition to these, MPs may also wear other pins and brooches related to Parliament or political causes, such as poppy lapel pins for Remembrance, or party-specific pins like those of the Liberal Democrats
. So, specifically today, the prominent lapel symbol among MPs is the wheat- sheaf badge supporting British farming.
