Farmers ‘worried about getting to next harvest’ stage protest over Budget plans
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers ‘worried about getting to next harvest’ stage protest over Budget plans

The Independent  

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Farm tax changes under fire in Parliament as angry farmers protest outside
1 week, 5 days 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, …

Farmers will fight 'for as long as it takes' to halt Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid, union president warns
2 weeks, 6 days 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 …

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

Why farmers are fretting across the world
1 month 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 ago

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

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 Labour’s proposed inheritance tax reforms have sparked intense debate among Independent …

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

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

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

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. Asked what he thinks farmers’ next steps will be, following Tuesday’s demonstration, Tom Bradshaw said: …

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
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1 month 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 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 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 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 ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Restrictions on agricultural property relief are particularly challenging for …

London: Farmers protest against inheritance tax
1 month ago

London: Farmers protest against inheritance tax

Op India  

On the 19th of November, thousands of farmers in Britain are set to demonstrate in Parliament Square in London against the removal of an inheritance tax exemption that has aided farmers to bequeath their farmlands to the next generations, alleging that this decision will jeopardise food production. Agricultural Property Relief from Inheritance Tax and the Labour Party’s “Tractor Tax” Flags, …

UK farmers rally to oppose government's inheritance tax reforms
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1 month 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 …

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

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

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 government’s announcement of changes to inheritance tax, which will see …

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

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

Deccan Chronicle  

LONDON: With banners, bullhorns, toy tractors and an angry message, British farmers are descending on Parliament on Tuesday to protest a hike in inheritance tax that they say will deal a “hammer blow” to struggling family farms. That is half the 40% inheritance tax rate levied on other land and property in the U.K. Starmer’s center-left government says the “vast …

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

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

The Independent  

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Ailbhe Rea: Farmers Descend on Westminster
1 month 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 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 …

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 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 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 …

Why are the farmers ploughing ahead with a major protest next week?
1 month, 1 week ago

Why are the farmers ploughing ahead with a major protest next week?

The Independent  

Not so very long ago, agricultural property relief from inheritance tax was one of the more obscure corners of the UK tax code. They’ve had to contend with the transition from the EU Common Agricultural Policy to a domestic system; bullying by the big supermarkets; labour shortages; rocketing energy bills; environmental obligations; increases in the minimum wage and employers’ national …

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

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

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. Getting this right in the first instance, as well as carrying out meaningful consultation with …

Inheritance tax reforms having ‘chilling effect’ on Scottish farming – Swinney
1 month, 1 week 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 …

Farmers may never trust Labour again after inheritance tax change, say Tories
1 month, 1 week 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, 1 week 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
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks 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
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

Labour doesn’t understand the countryside, say farmers in warning ‘tractor tax’ will destroy village life
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Labour doesn’t understand the countryside, say farmers in warning ‘tractor tax’ will destroy village life

The Independent  

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Labour accused of ‘traumatising’ farmers in inheritance tax raid amid warning over mental health crisis
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks 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
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

Farmers call for inheritance tax U-turn ahead of crunch talks with ministers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers call for inheritance tax U-turn ahead of crunch talks with ministers

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My 250-acre farm has been in our family for four generations, but we now face a £400,000 inheritance tax bill and may be forced to give it up... this is the final nail in the coffin
1 month, 2 weeks ago

My 250-acre farm has been in our family for four generations, but we now face a £400,000 inheritance tax bill and may be forced to give it up... this is the final nail in the coffin

Daily Mail  

Struggling farmers have accused Labour of 'lying' and said inheritance tax changes are the 'final nail in the coffin' as they react angrily to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget. Andrew Smith, 56, said the move to introduce a 20 percent inheritance levy on farm assets above £1 million marks a 'betrayal' by the Labour government Mr Smith said the new …

Furious farmers call on Labour to axe its inheritance tax raid ahead of key meeting with ministers - as rural rebellion over Chancellor's shock move threatens to boil over
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Furious farmers call on Labour to axe its inheritance tax raid ahead of key meeting with ministers - as rural rebellion over Chancellor's shock move threatens to boil over

Daily Mail  

Furious farmers are calling on the Government to reverse their plans to charge inheritance tax on farms - with the head of the National Farmers' Union claiming it is 'the only sensible course of action'. NFU president Tom Bradshaw is to meet Environment Secretary Steve Reed for crunch talks on Monday amid a growing furore over the Rachel Reeves's decision …

Farmers want to be ‘militant’ in response to inheritance tax raid, warns NFU
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers want to be ‘militant’ in response to inheritance tax raid, warns NFU

The Telegraph  

Farmers want to be “militant” in response to Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid, the president of the National Farmers Union has said. Tom Bradshaw, the president of the union, which represents more than 46,000 farming and growing businesses, said something “has to change” on the policy, which was announced by the Chancellor in the Budget last week. Ms Reeves said …

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

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

The Independent  

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Chancellor defends proposed changes to inheritance tax on farms
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chancellor defends proposed changes to inheritance tax on farms

The Independent  

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My family have farmed this land for 100 years and fed generations of Britons - but now we could be forced to sell it because of Labour's new tax rules
1 month, 2 weeks ago

My family have farmed this land for 100 years and fed generations of Britons - but now we could be forced to sell it because of Labour's new tax rules

Daily Mail  

A devastated farmer whose land has been passed down through generations has told of how his family could face an inheritance tax bill of almost £2million. Kim Gower, who owns Blandred Farm in Folkestone, Kent, is equally aghast and fears the new inheritance tax could force the family to sell off a fifth of their land. Mr Twyman inherited the …

Reeves: We can’t afford to let farmers die tax-free
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Reeves: We can’t afford to let farmers die tax-free

The Telegraph  

During her appearance on the BBC, Ms Reeves was shown a video message from a fifth generation farmer in Yorkshire who said her family now faced a £1 million tax bill. Even using personal allowances, the Chancellor’s proposal could hit us with a tax bill of nearly £1 million when my parents die. “How is the Chancellor going to ensure …

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
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

Keir Starmer must show some compassion to avoid triggering a ‘tractor tax’ culture war
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer must show some compassion to avoid triggering a ‘tractor tax’ culture war

The Independent  

In spite of Partygate, the Labour freebies row, and lurid stories about Covid contract corruption, British politics is still a remarkably clean business. In her Budget, Rachel Reeves decided to raise some £200m – a relatively small amount of money in the big, £1 trillion scheme of things – by levying inheritance tax on “agricultural property”, effective from next April. …

How farm tax could be a political issue after Rachel Reeves’s Budget
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

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
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

Farmers will have to stump up hundreds of thousands of pounds, Tories claim
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Farmers will have to stump up hundreds of thousands of pounds, Tories claim

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. Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake warned Labour MPs who intend to have a pint in a local pub and …

Inheritance tax changes would kill the family farm, Labour warned
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Inheritance tax changes would kill the family farm, Labour warned

The Telegraph  

Scrapping inheritance tax relief for agricultural land could lead to the death of the family farm, the Government has been warned. “Scrapping APR relief would mean the death of my family farm,” said James Grindal, a farmer in South Leicestershire. ‘Forced to sell’ “As farmers, we want to feed the nation, but cannot do that if we’re forced to sell …

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