How the ‘tractor tax’ became a problem for Rachel Reeves
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How the ‘tractor tax’ became a problem for Rachel Reeves

The Independent  

Rachel Reeves is caught in the crosshairs of a piece of alliteration that threatens to unravel part of her Budget: the “tractor tax”. If you have a sizeable enough investment portfolio to pass on – or even just a modest house in London or South East England – a bequest to anyone other than your spouse or civil partner will be subject to inheritance tax at 40 per cent, above a £325,000 threshold. Having identified a £22bn black hole in Britain’s public finances, Reeves had little choice but to raise raise taxes, before one even considers the nation’s increasingly shabby public services. But with the “tractor tax”, she has created a nasty political headache for herself and for a new government that has proved itself remarkably error-prone.

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Farming chief calls for pause on ‘disastrous’ tractor tax in latest blow to Starmer over controversial change
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1 week, 4 days ago

Farming chief calls for pause on ‘disastrous’ tractor tax in latest blow to Starmer over controversial change

The Independent  

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UK’s top union leader turns on Starmer over impact of family farm tax
2 weeks ago

UK’s top union leader turns on Starmer over impact of family farm tax

The Independent  

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Why the tractor tax will bankrupt families like mine
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Why the tractor tax will bankrupt families like mine

The Independent  

As I look out over our farmyard to the valley – which looks particularly Christmassy with a robin flitting around our hardy cattle, grazing on the last of the frost-tipped grass – all I can think about is the future of my family. The changes announced in Rachel Reeves’ Budget mean that farms will be required to pay 20 per …

Reeves’s build for growth strategy in doubt because of impact of inheritance tax changes
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Reeves’s build for growth strategy in doubt because of impact of inheritance tax changes

The Independent  

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New ‘Tractor tax’ blow to Starmer as Labour expert calls for government U-turn
3 weeks, 6 days ago

New ‘Tractor tax’ blow to Starmer as Labour expert calls for government U-turn

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The “tractor tax” row has taken a dramatic new turn after …

Labour MP branded 'completely ignorant' for claiming it's 'quite hard to find a poor farmer' amid fresh protests over Rachel Reeves' tax raid
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Labour MP branded 'completely ignorant' for claiming it's 'quite hard to find a poor farmer' amid fresh protests over Rachel Reeves' tax raid

Daily Mail  

A Labour MP was today criticised over her 'complete ignorance' after she claimed it's 'quite hard to find a poor farmer'. Dame Siobhain McDonagh, MP for Mitcham and Morden in south London, provoked a backlash as she defended Chancellor Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid. Under changes dubbed a 'family farm tax', farmers will have to pay a 20 per cent …

Farm tax changes under fire in Parliament as angry farmers protest outside
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Farm tax changes under fire in Parliament as angry farmers protest outside

The Independent  

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Opposition growing to family farm tax ahead of major protest in London
1 month ago

Opposition growing to family farm tax ahead of major protest in London

The Independent  

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Kirstie Allsopp's inheritance tax nightmare
1 month ago

Kirstie Allsopp's inheritance tax nightmare

Daily Mail  

Kirstie Allsopp has a confession to make. ‘I remember one year my partner Ben was lying on the sofa and I was doing the stockings for the children like an insane person.’ She mimes frantically wrapping one gift after another. We have people come on the show who are sometimes painfully shy or have PTSD or other mental health worries, …

Labour tax U-turn? Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out more rises despite CBI pledge
1 month, 1 week ago

Labour tax U-turn? Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out more rises despite CBI pledge

The Independent  

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Farmers will fight 'for as long as it takes' to halt Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid, union president warns
1 month, 1 week ago

Farmers will fight 'for as long as it takes' to halt Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid, union president warns

Daily Mail  

Farmers will fight ‘for as long as it takes’ to halt Rachel Reeves’ inheritance tax raid, the president of the National Farmers’ Union warns today. Writing in the Mail as MPs prepare to debate the ‘family farm tax’ in the Commons this afternoon, Tom Bradshaw says farmers will not ‘let this go’. The Chancellor’s reforms to inheritance tax relief will …

Starmer may be ‘softening’ on Labour’s ‘tractor tax’, NFU president claims
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Starmer may be ‘softening’ on Labour’s ‘tractor tax’, NFU president claims

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Reeves’s inheritance tax raid ‘hits farmers harder than tax avoiders’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Reeves’s inheritance tax raid ‘hits farmers harder than tax avoiders’

The Telegraph  

Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid will hit farmers harder than wealthy investors using land for financial planning purposes, analysis has found, despite claims the Chancellor wants to make the system “fairer”. Dan Neidle, founder of the think tank, said: “This suggests the Budget proposal doesn’t go far enough to stop avoidance, but goes too far in how it applies to …

BBC Question Time audience member enrages farmers by saying he wants to play 'the world's smallest violin' for those hit by Keir Starmer's inheritance tax grab
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BBC Question Time audience member enrages farmers by saying he wants to play 'the world's smallest violin' for those hit by Keir Starmer's inheritance tax grab

Daily Mail  

A BBC Question Time audience member has enraged farmers after saying he wants to play 'the world's smallest violin' for those hit by Keir Starmer's inheritance tax. The Prime Minister is facing a growing backlash from farmers, celebrities and his own MPs over Labour's decision to impose 20 per cent inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1million. A BBC …

Reeves denies claims she is about to exempt over-80s from family farm tax
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Reeves denies claims she is about to exempt over-80s from family farm tax

The Independent  

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Farmers should shut up and muck in – for the greater good
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers should shut up and muck in – for the greater good

The Independent  

We oldies have accepted the loss of our winter fuel payments for the greater good – to fund the NHS, schools, etc. They would do well to accept paying inheritance tax with good grace, and as a contribution to the public services we all enjoy and would like to see improved. Lindsay Mayor Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Labour should get off …

Labour is losing the PR battle over the ‘tractor tax’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Labour is losing the PR battle over the ‘tractor tax’

The Independent  

Who will decide who wins the fight between the government and the farmers? More in Common found that 57 per cent of people support making farmers exempt from inheritance tax, including 45 per cent of Labour voters. There is instinctive public support for being able to pass on assets to your children; inheritance tax is the most hated tax, even …

BBC's Victoria Derbyshire clashes with Labour minister as he urges farmers to 'find out how inheritance tax works' if they are 'anxious' about budget
1 month, 3 weeks ago

BBC's Victoria Derbyshire clashes with Labour minister as he urges farmers to 'find out how inheritance tax works' if they are 'anxious' about budget

Daily Mail  

A Labour minister has been accused of being 'patronising' by BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire after telling farmers anxious about the so-called 'tractor tax' they should find out how it works. Victoria Derbyshire, presenter of BBC2's Newsnight, accused Labour minister James Murray of being 'patronising' after he urged farmers to find out how inheritance tax works He was speaking on the …

Ailbhe Rea: Farmers Descend on Westminster
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ailbhe Rea: Farmers Descend on Westminster

Bloomberg  

We’ve had an influx of muddy wellies and flat caps in parliament today as farmers protest against the changes to inheritance tax announced in last month’s budget. They marched on Whitehall, tractor horns wailing and accompanied by famous faces including Jeremy Clarkson and Andrew Lloyd-Webber, before descending on parliament to personally lobby MPs against the plan to levy inheritance tax …

British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance
1 month, 3 weeks ago

British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance

Al Jazeera  

Farmers say the tax will destroy family farms and threaten food production, while the gov’t says it’s needed to raise funds. British farmers have descended on London to call on the government to scrap inheritance tax rules on land ownership, which they say will destroy family-run farms. The measure, referred to by critics as the “tractor tax”, was announced last …

Rachel Reeves’s flawed inheritance tax for farmers demands a rethink
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves’s flawed inheritance tax for farmers demands a rethink

The Independent  

After revealing £40bn of tax rises on business and the better-off in last month’s Budget, Rachel Reeves could – just about – argue that “working people” had not been directly affected. It is increasingly obvious that the chancellor was unwise to include farmers on her hit list by announcing that, from April 2026, agricultural estates worth more than £1m will …

Government confusion over how many farms will be hit by controversial tractor tax
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Government confusion over how many farms will be hit by controversial tractor tax

The Independent  

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Reeves accused of business ‘betrayal’ as top bank warns over tax hikes
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Reeves accused of business ‘betrayal’ as top bank warns over tax hikes

The Independent  

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Sainsbury's boss backs Britain's farmers as he warns Chancellor Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid threatens UK food security
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2 months ago

Sainsbury's boss backs Britain's farmers as he warns Chancellor Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid threatens UK food security

Daily Mail  

The boss of Sainsbury's has backed farmers in a fresh warning that the Chancellor's inheritance tax raid threatens food security. Simon Roberts is the first major supermarket boss to speak out amid fears that changes to farm inheritance rules could harm the country's ability to grow its own food. George Weston, boss of Associated British Foods, which supplies farmers with …

Rachel Reeves rejects alternative for ‘cruel’ family farm tax
2 months ago

Rachel Reeves rejects alternative for ‘cruel’ family farm tax

The Independent  

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Labour accused of ‘traumatising’ farmers in inheritance tax raid amid warning over mental health crisis
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2 months ago

Labour accused of ‘traumatising’ farmers in inheritance tax raid amid warning over mental health crisis

The Independent  

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Furious farmers plot to withhold food to cause shortages on supermarket shelves and warn 'we're only four meals from anarchy' amid outrage at Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid
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2 months ago

Furious farmers plot to withhold food to cause shortages on supermarket shelves and warn 'we're only four meals from anarchy' amid outrage at Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid

Daily Mail  

Britain's farmers launched their first protest today against Labour's farm inheritance tax rule changes, amid fears a strike could cause shortages on supermarket shelves. Under plans announced in last week's Budget, inheritance tax will be charged at 20 per cent on agricultural assets above £1million - although Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that in some cases the threshold could in …

How Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid could hit the UK's ability to grow food
2 months ago

How Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid could hit the UK's ability to grow food

Daily Mail  

Food security could be at risk following the Labour Budget, a leading farm industry figure has warned. Farmers demonstrated in London in March over food security fears - and it is feared they could do so again After Rachel Reeves' Budget, the government was warned the new measures could stop an entire generation from farming Food security could be at …

We face a £1m tax bill when my parents die – we don’t have that kind of money
2 months ago

We face a £1m tax bill when my parents die – we don’t have that kind of money

The Independent  

For five generations, my family has farmed sheep and arable crops on our land in Yorkshire. By our calculations, even using personal allowances, the chancellor’s proposal could hit us with a tax bill of nearly £1m when my parents die. To pay a tax bill like that, we’d probably have to either borrow the money – plunging the business into …

Starmer warned over ‘militant’ backlash by farmers over inheritance ‘tractor tax’
2 months ago

Starmer warned over ‘militant’ backlash by farmers over inheritance ‘tractor tax’

The Independent  

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James Dyson condemns Rachel Reeves’s Budget ‘tractor tax’ as ‘spiteful’
2 months, 1 week ago

James Dyson condemns Rachel Reeves’s Budget ‘tractor tax’ as ‘spiteful’

The Independent  

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Three quarters of British food will be hit by Reeves’s tax raid, warn farmers
2 months, 1 week ago

Three quarters of British food will be hit by Reeves’s tax raid, warn farmers

The Telegraph  

Three quarters of food produced by British farmers will be hit by Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid, the industry has warned. Tom Bradshaw, chief executive of the National Farmers’ Union, said an estimated “75pc of the total farmed area” would be subject to death duties despite the Chancellor’s claims that only a minority of farmers will be hit. So there …

Backlash as NFU farm chief says Rachel Reeves’ ‘tractor tax’ will hit seven in 10 farms
2 months, 1 week ago

Backlash as NFU farm chief says Rachel Reeves’ ‘tractor tax’ will hit seven in 10 farms

The Independent  

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Rachel Reeves is warned a generation could abandon farming as she defends Budget inheritance raid
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves is warned a generation could abandon farming as she defends Budget inheritance raid

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves has been warned a generation could give up farming as she defended her Budget inheritance raid. Rachel Reeves has been warned a generation could give up farming as she defended her Budget inheritance raid Ms Wilson said: 'On paper our farm is a valuable asset. Ms Reeves told the Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme that 'only a very …

Jeremy Clarkson accuses Labour of trying to 'nationalise the countryside' and jokes 'one day all this will be Rachel Reeves' as fury over farming inheritance tax raid grows
2 months, 1 week ago

Jeremy Clarkson accuses Labour of trying to 'nationalise the countryside' and jokes 'one day all this will be Rachel Reeves' as fury over farming inheritance tax raid grows

Daily Mail  

Jeremy Clarkson has accused Labour of trying to 'nationalise the countryside' as fury continues to grow over the crackdown on inheritance tax on farmers. Jeremy Clarkson has accused Labour of trying to 'nationalise the countryside' as fury continues to grow over the crackdown on inheritance tax on farmers Clarkson questioned whether fathers will be able to pass on the trading …

Builders, electricians and farmers will be hit by new stealth tax bombshell buried deep in Rachel Reeves' Budget
2 months, 1 week ago

Builders, electricians and farmers will be hit by new stealth tax bombshell buried deep in Rachel Reeves' Budget

Daily Mail  

Builders, electricians and farmers in Britain are set to be hit by a new stealth tax buried in the Budget. The new rule set to be introduced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves will classify double-cat pickups - often used by builders, electricians and farmers - as company cars for tax purposes. Builders, electricians and farmers in Britain are set to be …

Elon Musk tells Keir Starmer to 'leave the farmers alone' after Labour's raid on inheritance tax sparks uproar from farming families who fear 'disgusting land grab' will destroy their way of life
2 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk tells Keir Starmer to 'leave the farmers alone' after Labour's raid on inheritance tax sparks uproar from farming families who fear 'disgusting land grab' will destroy their way of life

Daily Mail  

Elon Musk has slammed Labour's brutal inheritance tax hike that will negatively impact farming families. His comments come as Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour party announced a tax shake-up this week, including a major change to inheritance tax. Elon Musk has slammed Labour's brutal inheritance tax hike that will impact farming families Musk's comments come as Sir Keir Starmer …

Will the Budget cost you money - and did Rachel Reeves do a good job? This is Money podcast
2 months, 1 week ago

Will the Budget cost you money - and did Rachel Reeves do a good job? This is Money podcast

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves' maiden Budget saw the first-ever female chancellor make £40billion of sweeping tax rises in to plug funding gaps in the NHS and schools. Among the Autumn Budget losers were landlords, investors and those who have stashed wealth in their pension, as stamp duty, capital gains tax and inheritance tax all came under the spotlight. We also dig into …

Rachel Reeves tells furious farmers it is 'fair' that they pay higher death taxes on their land amid rural anger led by Kirstie Allsopp and Jeremy Clarkson at Budget cash raid
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves tells furious farmers it is 'fair' that they pay higher death taxes on their land amid rural anger led by Kirstie Allsopp and Jeremy Clarkson at Budget cash raid

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves has slapped down farmers furious at Budget plans to hike inheritance tax on agricultural land, saying it is a 'fair' way of raising money. The Chancellor defended her decision to reform the way death taxes affect farms amid fury from the industry and high-profile celebrities like Jeremy Clarkson and Kirstie Allsopp. But the Chancellor last night insisted that …

Taxes 'are going to be high for 10 years'... and Rachel Reeves may have to come back for more, warns think-tank
2 months, 1 week ago

Taxes 'are going to be high for 10 years'... and Rachel Reeves may have to come back for more, warns think-tank

Daily Mail  

Even before the dust has settled on Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Budget, it is becoming increasingly apparent that it will be disastrous for Britain. Imposing tax increases on a scale rarely seen outside of wartime, recession or pandemic, and embarking on a colossal borrowing binge to fund public services, she has taken a huge gamble with the economy. The Chancellor Rachel …

Labour's tax on farmers may prove to be the defining blunder of the Reeves' budget, warns ALEX BRUMMER
2 months, 1 week ago

Labour's tax on farmers may prove to be the defining blunder of the Reeves' budget, warns ALEX BRUMMER

Daily Mail  

This green and pleasant land is devoted to its farmers. It may not be the intention but the levy imposed by Rachel Reeves on farms valued at more than £1million may prove a fast track to releasing land for Labour’s housebuilding. Labour’s failure to understand rural Britain may prove to be a defining blunder of Reeves’ budget. The group’s focus …

How farm tax could be a political issue after Rachel Reeves’s Budget
2 months, 1 week ago

How farm tax could be a political issue after Rachel Reeves’s Budget

The Independent  

Although farming only accounts for about 2 per cent of UK GDP, the role of farmers as custodians of the countryside and providers of food means agriculture assumes a disproportionate place in the national discourse. No surprise, then, that Rachel Reeves’s proposed expansion of inheritance tax to include farmland has sparked considerable controversy. She’s hiking tax by reducing the previous …

Rachel Reeves admits tax hikes will hit working people as IFS accuses chancellor of ‘undermining trust’
2 months, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves admits tax hikes will hit working people as IFS accuses chancellor of ‘undermining trust’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “How the Budget red book can include the sentence ‘the …

Has the Reeves Budget made it through Day 2 relatively unscathed?
2 months, 1 week ago

Has the Reeves Budget made it through Day 2 relatively unscathed?

The Independent  

The broadcasters flew no helicopter over the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ modest premises in Bloomsbury on Thursday morning, but the verdict issued by Paul Johnson and his team is almost as important as the Budget itself, which got the full Skycopter treatment. He said her new primary fiscal rule was “sensible”, and that the spending increases look big relative to …

The farmers left fearing for their future: Labour is accused of a 'disgusting land grab' as budget's inheritance tax raid threatens to 'destroy communities forever' by forcing family farms to sell up
2 months, 1 week ago

The farmers left fearing for their future: Labour is accused of a 'disgusting land grab' as budget's inheritance tax raid threatens to 'destroy communities forever' by forcing family farms to sell up

Daily Mail  

Farmers have taken to social media to share their horror at a brutal inheritance tax hike they say threatens to end family farming in Britain. Emma Gray, a shepherdess from Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland, took to TikTok to declare the policy 'a disgusting land grab' Olly Harrison, a farmer and YouTuber, declared he now 'can't …

Tax calculator UK: Check out how Rachel Reeves’ Budget will affect you
2 months, 1 week ago

Tax calculator UK: Check out how Rachel Reeves’ Budget will affect you

The Independent  

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: This was a painful budget - with worse to come
2 months, 1 week ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: This was a painful budget - with worse to come

Daily Mail  

There are three kinds of lies, said Mark Twain. In her first Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves cynically reneged on those promises with a £40billion tax bombshell. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the country had 'voted for change' and vowed to 'invest' as she mounts one of the biggest raids in history in the Commons Ms Reeves carried out the traditional photo …

Shoppers told to expect higher prices after ‘shameless’ tax raid on farmers
2 months, 1 week ago

Shoppers told to expect higher prices after ‘shameless’ tax raid on farmers

The Telegraph  

The price of fresh vegetables grown in Britain could rise by as much as 20pc after Labour launched a “shameless” tax raid on farmers. The Lea Valley Growers Association, whose members grow three-quarters of Britain’s cucumber, aubergine and sweet pepper crop, said higher costs “cannot be absorbed by growers so will be passed on to shoppers”. However, these will now …

Labour's tax bomb leaves Britons £300 worse off: UK faces highest tax burden ever, businesses are battered by the Budget, wages will fall and inflation will rise
2 months, 1 week ago

Labour's tax bomb leaves Britons £300 worse off: UK faces highest tax burden ever, businesses are battered by the Budget, wages will fall and inflation will rise

Daily Mail  

Britain's growth prospects took a dive last night after Rachel Reeves' £40 billion tax bomb. In the first Labour Budget for 14 years, Ms Reeves: Launched a £25 billion raid on employers' National Insurance, breaking a manifesto pledge not to raise a levy she previously called a 'jobs tax'; Announced an immediate £25 billion cash injection for the NHS, despite …

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