ANDREW PIERCE: How the farms protest sowed another split
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ANDREW PIERCE: How the farms protest sowed another split

Daily Mail  

No ministers had the decency to face the farmers when they descended on Whitehall in their tractors last week in protest at the Budget hike on inheritance tax. The Treasury, in the form of Chancellor Rachel Reeves, insists the tax hike will impact only 28 per cent of the nation's 209,000 farms. No ministers had the decency to face the farmers when they descended on Whitehall in their tractors last week in protest at the Budget hike on inheritance tax Nicholas Joicey is married to Rachel Reeves The Treasury, in the form of Chancellor Rachel Reeves, insists the tax hike will impact only 28 per cent of the nation's 209,000 farms. and Kemi comes a cropper Why did Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, score a spectacular own goal last week by ignoring the farmers at Prime Minister's Questions – while the tractors were parked outside Parliament? Why did Kemi Badenoch score a spectacular own goal last week by ignoring the farmers at Prime Minister's Questions – while the tractors were parked outside Parliament?

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