
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 MailElon 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 and the Labour party announced a tax shake-up this week, including a major change to inheritance tax Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the country had 'voted for change' and vowed to 'invest' as she mounted one of the biggest raids in history in the Commons Outraged farmers are calling the move 'bonkers' and warning that unaffordable tax bills faced by the inheritors of family farms will lead to them going under. The National Farmers' Union predicted the change – axing Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on farms worth more than £1million – would 'snatch away the next generation's ability to carry on producing British food' – and could lead to higher prices.
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Why are Britain’s farmers protesting over Labour’s inheritance tax changes?
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Farmers’ protest live: Thousands set to arrive in London again amid ban on tractors by Met Police
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Government urged to ‘do right thing’ over inheritance tax for reset with farmers
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Starmer insists farming is ‘top of the agenda’ for the Government
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Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax
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‘If the farmers continue, they’ll win’: Hundreds of tractors descend on Westminster in latest tax protest
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Labour warned UK is facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ in farming as thousands march on London
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Every major supermarket turns on Starmer over tractor tax
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Labour land grab for housing and solar poses fresh blow for farmers
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Farmers call Government reforms ‘load of rubbish’ as anger over tax persists
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Keir Starmer warned many family farms ‘won’t survive to see government’s plans to help boost profits’
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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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Now farmers threaten chaos at the checkouts: 'Extreme factions' fighting Labour tax plans warn they could blockade supermarket depots 'within weeks' - risking panic buying as shelves empty
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Fresh tractor tax blow for Starmer as Labour could lose three quarters of rural seats, poll suggests
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UK’s top union leader turns on Starmer over impact of family farm tax
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Keir Starmer made a mistake with ‘tractor tax’ – now he must fix it
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Why the tractor tax will bankrupt families like mine
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Keir Starmer reveals the real reason for his ‘family farm tax’ in grilling by senior MPs
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Labour's tax raid on family farms 'could cost more than it raises for the Treasury'
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New ‘Tractor tax’ blow to Starmer as Labour expert calls for government U-turn
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The ‘tractor tax’ needs to be rethought to protect family farms
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Starmer and farmers locked in deadlock over tax changes after hundreds of tractors descend on Westminster
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Labour MP branded 'completely ignorant' for claiming it's 'quite hard to find a poor farmer' amid fresh protests over Rachel Reeves' tax raid
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Farm tax changes under fire in Parliament as angry farmers protest outside
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Loophole used by super rich to avoid tractor tax unavailable to family farms
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Opposition growing to family farm tax ahead of major protest in London
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Kirstie Allsopp's inheritance tax nightmare
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Labour MP becomes first to attack party’s inheritance tax raid on farms
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Farmers will fight 'for as long as it takes' to halt Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid, union president warns
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Starmer may be ‘softening’ on Labour’s ‘tractor tax’, NFU president claims
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Starmer held private meeting with NFU boss for ‘grown-up’ inheritance tax talks
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PM: Government is ‘for farmers’ and most will be unaffected by tax change
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Reeves’s inheritance tax raid ‘hits farmers harder than tax avoiders’
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Jeremy Clarkson issues dreadful warning as he brands Keir Starmer 'a nightmare' who 'doesn't even eat meat' in growing rebellion against Labour's inheritance tax grab
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Keir Starmer accused of 'telling fairy tales' over claims most family farms will be 'completely unaffected' by Labour's inheritance tax raid
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Independent readers left divided over Labour’s ‘tractor tax’ on inherited farms
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Reeves denies claims she is about to exempt over-80s from family farm tax
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Farmers should shut up and muck in – for the greater good
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Labour is losing the PR battle over the ‘tractor tax’
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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
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Angela Rayner refuses to rule out further increases to inheritance tax on farmers
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Moment Angela Rayner refuses to rule out MORE hikes to inheritance tax while standing in for Starmer at PMQs - dismissing 'scaremongering' about hit to farmers
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Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
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Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
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Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
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Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
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The tractor tax has done lasting damage to ‘Starmer the farmer harmer’
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The real threat to British farmers… and it isn’t the ‘tractor tax’
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More farmers seeking financial advice over inheritance tax changes, say experts
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UK farmers rally to oppose government's inheritance tax reforms
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