Labour MP branded 'completely ignorant' for claiming it's 'quite hard to find a poor farmer' amid fresh protests over Rachel Reeves' tax raid
3 weeks, 6 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 rate of inheritance tax on land and property they inherit worth more than £1million. Dame Siobhain McDonagh, MP for Mitcham and Morden in south London, provoked a backlash as she defended Chancellor Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid Angry farmers staged fresh protests in Westminster today against the Chancellor's action, as they drove their tractors through the streets outside Parliament Critics claim Labour's tax raid could wipe out family-run farms with tight margins, as they will be forced to sell up in order to pay death duties The Labour MP said a married couple using all their inheritance tax benefits would still be able to pass on a £3million farm tax-free, while for single people this would be £1.5million. 'If you choose to pass on your farm seven years prior to your death, then you escape inheritance tax,' Dame Siobhain added.

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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, 1 day 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
1 week, 4 days ago

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

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer reveals the real reason for his ‘family farm tax’ in grilling by senior MPs
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Keir Starmer reveals the real reason for his ‘family farm tax’ in grilling by senior MPs

The Independent  

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

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

The Independent  

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The ‘tractor tax’ needs to be rethought to protect family farms
3 weeks, 3 days ago

The ‘tractor tax’ needs to be rethought to protect family farms

The Independent  

Dan Neidle is the British tax lawyer and Labour Party supporter whose work – along with reporting by The Independent – resulted in Nadhim Zahawi’s dismissal from Rishi Sunak’s government in January last year. He has suggested raising the threshold for inheritance tax from £1m to £20m, which would exclude genuine family farms while increasing the revenue from investors buying …

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

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

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Obviously, the idea is that we want to pass it down to the next generation, but farmers are asset-rich, …

Loophole used by super rich to avoid tractor tax unavailable to family farms
4 weeks ago

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
4 weeks, 1 day 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, …

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

Revealed: How parents of Labour's poshest MP put hundreds of acres beyond the reach of the taxman just 20 days before the Budget clobbered farmers. GUY ADAMS investigates
1 month, 1 week ago

Revealed: How parents of Labour's poshest MP put hundreds of acres beyond the reach of the taxman just 20 days before the Budget clobbered farmers. GUY ADAMS investigates

Daily Mail  

Henry Carleton Tufnell, the Right Honourable Member for Mid and South Pembrokeshire, is by some considerable margin Britain's poshest MP. Henry Carleton Tufnell, MP for Mid and South Pembrokeshire, is one of the recent intake of MPs representing Sir Keir Starmer's Labour, despite his cut-glass accent and Tory credentials There is, however, a wrinkle to this Bright Young Thing's journey …

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

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

The Independent  

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Starmer held private meeting with NFU boss for ‘grown-up’ inheritance tax talks
1 month, 1 week ago

Starmer held private meeting with NFU boss for ‘grown-up’ inheritance tax talks

The Independent  

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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 …

Keir Starmer accused of 'telling fairy tales' over claims most family farms will be 'completely unaffected' by Labour's inheritance tax raid
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer accused of 'telling fairy tales' over claims most family farms will be 'completely unaffected' by Labour's inheritance tax raid

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer was accused of telling fairy tales last night after he claimed that most family farms will be 'completely unaffected' by Labour's inheritance tax raid. The Prime Minister insisted Labour is 'for farmers' and said rural communities would benefit from services funded by the £500million tax raid on the sector unveiled by Chancellor Rachel Reeves last month. His …

‘Labour becoming the cruel party’ over tax changes, warns farmer baroness
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Labour becoming the cruel party’ over tax changes, warns farmer baroness

The Independent  

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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 …

Why farmers are fretting across the world
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why farmers are fretting across the world

Hindustan Times  

They come in long convoys of tractors, sometimes with months of food supplies with them, to stage protests. In London, hundreds of farmers stormed Britain’s heart of government, Whitehall, this week, protesting a proposed 20% inheritance tax they say will be a stab in their backs. Studies have shown that Indian farmers are “net taxed” or implicitly taxed due to …

Independent readers left divided over Labour’s ‘tractor tax’ on inherited farms
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Independent readers left divided over Labour’s ‘tractor tax’ on inherited farms

The Independent  

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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, 2 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, 2 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 …

Angela Rayner refuses to rule out further increases to inheritance tax on farmers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Angela Rayner refuses to rule out further increases to inheritance tax on farmers

The Independent  

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NFU chief hints farmers could take more extreme action if government ignores inheritance tax protest
1 month, 2 weeks ago

NFU chief hints farmers could take more extreme action if government ignores inheritance tax protest

The Independent  

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Why have British farmers marched on UK’s Parliament?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why have British farmers marched on UK’s Parliament?

Al Jazeera  

British farmers say they will be forced to sell farms under inheritance tax reforms. Among the reforms announced by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves in last month’s budget were plans to make inheritance tax payable on farms worth more than 1 million pounds. Under the 1992 Agricultural Property Relief scheme, farms had previously been exempt from paying any …

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes

China Daily  

Farmers drive tractors through Westminster, central London on Tuesday during a demonstration against a policy of the United Kingdom's Labour Party government that is expected to increase inheritance tax for some farmers. REUTERS Farmers descended on central London on Tuesday to protest about recent changes to inheritance tax rules, which they say could leave them with large tax bills that …

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes

China Daily  

Farmers drive tractors through Westminster, central London on Tuesday during a demonstration against a policy of the United Kingdom's Labour Party government that is expected to increase inheritance tax for some farmers. REUTERS Farmers descended on central London on Tuesday to protest about recent changes to inheritance tax rules, which they say could leave them with large tax bills that …

Many farmers ‘wrong’ about inheritance tax change, Environment Secretary says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Many farmers ‘wrong’ about inheritance tax change, Environment Secretary says

The Independent  

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The real threat to British farmers… and it isn’t the ‘tractor tax’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The real threat to British farmers… and it isn’t the ‘tractor tax’

The Independent  

I am dismayed by the protesting farmers’ sense of entitlement and pleading for special treatment. The London protest against the “tractor tax” is one funded by obscenely wealthy people who don’t want to pay any tax at all. Even after Labour’s changes, the tax due on a £3m house inherited from your parents would be £800,000, whereas tax on a …

More farmers seeking financial advice over inheritance tax changes, say experts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

More farmers seeking financial advice over inheritance tax changes, say experts

The Independent  

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UK farmers rally to oppose government's inheritance tax reforms
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK farmers rally to oppose government's inheritance tax reforms

Hindustan Times  

British farmers called on the government on Tuesday to revoke a contentious proposal to alter inheritance tax laws for land ownership, threatening to jam the streets of London. Farmers drive their tractors past the Houses of Parliament during a protest against issues including substandard food imports, in London, UK, on Monday, In the past, farming enterprises were eligible for a …

Farmers’ protest: Why are farm owners demonstrating over inheritance tax?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers’ protest: Why are farm owners demonstrating over inheritance tax?

The Independent  

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Do you support the ‘tractor tax’ on inherited farms? Join The Independent Debate
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Do you support the ‘tractor tax’ on inherited farms? Join The Independent Debate

The Independent  

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UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms

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Ailbhe Rea: Farmers Descend on Westminster
1 month, 2 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, 2 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 …

Starmer warned Labour faces wipeout of rural MPs in farm tax backlash ahead of protest
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Starmer warned Labour faces wipeout of rural MPs in farm tax backlash ahead of protest

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some of the farming community’s anger has been vented at newly elected Labour MPs …

No 10 dodges row over Elon Musk’s claims UK is ‘going full Stalin’ with farmers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

No 10 dodges row over Elon Musk’s claims UK is ‘going full Stalin’ with farmers

The Independent  

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Labour peer says Keir Starmer's inheritance tax raid on family farms 'smells of incompetence' and is hammering the party's rural support as ministers brace for London protest
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Labour peer says Keir Starmer's inheritance tax raid on family farms 'smells of incompetence' and is hammering the party's rural support as ministers brace for London protest

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer's inheritance tax raid on farmers 'smells of incompetence' and is hammering the party's support in rural areas, a Labour peer has warned. Speaking to reporters on the way to the G20 summit in Brazil, Sir Keir said 'it is very important that we support farmers' but added: 'Obviously, there's an issue around inheritance tax and I do understand …

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, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Inheritance tax reforms having ‘chilling effect’ on Scottish farming – Swinney
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Inheritance tax reforms having ‘chilling effect’ on Scottish farming – Swinney

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Inheritance tax reforms introduced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget are …

Militant farmers to stage a 'national strike' against Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raids - with meat and crops set to be withheld from supermarkets
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Militant farmers to stage a 'national strike' against Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raids - with meat and crops set to be withheld from supermarkets

Daily Mail  

Militant farmers will hold back meat and crops from supermarkets next week as part of a ‘national strike’ against Labour’s inheritance tax raids. Farmers drive slowly through central London in protests on food security in March Farmers demonstrated in London in March over food security fears Over 100,000 farms could be hit by Labour's changes to inheritance tax, the Conservatives …

Farmers may never trust Labour again after inheritance tax change, say Tories
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Farmers may never trust Labour again after inheritance tax change, say Tories

The Independent  

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Farmers exaggerating impact of inheritance tax raid on land, Environment Secretary suggests
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Farmers exaggerating impact of inheritance tax raid on land, Environment Secretary suggests

The Telegraph  

Sir Keir Starmer also said the “vast majority” of farmers would be unaffected by the changes. “The vast majority of farmers will be unaffected by the changes in the Budget not least because if there’s a married couple the relief is £3 million and that’s why the vast majority of farmers will not be affected at all.” Atkins: ‘Farmers are …

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 …

Labour's inheritance tax raid on family farms could turn them into 'net zero forests' used by foreign firms for carbon offsetting instead of food, landowners claim
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2 months ago

Labour's inheritance tax raid on family farms could turn them into 'net zero forests' used by foreign firms for carbon offsetting instead of food, landowners claim

Daily Mail  

Labour's plan to force farmers to pay inheritance tax on agricultural land could see it taken out of food production by foreign firms who use it for carbon offsetting, a leading landowners organisation has claimed. The head of the Country and Land Business Association warned that tracts of productive soil could also be bought up by environmental charities for 'biodiversity …

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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