Government urged to ‘do right thing’ over inheritance tax for reset with farmers
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Government urged to ‘do right thing’ over inheritance tax for reset with farmers

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. Read our privacy policy The Government is being urged to “reset” its relationship with farmers after months of protests over policies including imposing inheritance tax on farms. National Farmers’ Union president Tom Bradshaw is set to give a highly critical speech at his organisation’s conference on Tuesday, accusing the Government of breaking promises with its “morally wrong” policy to bring in inheritance tax for farm businesses worth more than £1 million. But Mr Bradshaw will use his first speech to the annual conference as NFU president to reiterate opposition to the so-called “family farm tax”, which has prompted multiple protests by the sector since the move to introduce inheritance tax for farm businesses was announced last autumn. The NFU president will launch new policy blueprints, the organisation’s vision of what is needed to “underpin confident, sustainable, profitable farm businesses, whilst producing food for 70 million British people, protecting our precious countryside, and helping ministers achieve their policy aims”.

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Why are Britain’s farmers protesting over Labour’s inheritance tax changes?
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Why are Britain’s farmers protesting over Labour’s inheritance tax changes?

The Independent  

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Environment Secretary faces ire of farmers as tax row shows no sign of abating
1 month ago

Environment Secretary faces ire of farmers as tax row shows no sign of abating

The Independent  

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Starmer insists farming is ‘top of the agenda’ for the Government
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Starmer insists farming is ‘top of the agenda’ for the Government

The Independent  

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Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax

The Independent  

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‘If the farmers continue, they’ll win’: Hundreds of tractors descend on Westminster in latest tax protest
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘If the farmers continue, they’ll win’: Hundreds of tractors descend on Westminster in latest tax protest

The Independent  

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Why are Britain’s farmers protesting?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why are Britain’s farmers protesting?

The Independent  

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Every major supermarket turns on Starmer over tractor tax
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Every major supermarket turns on Starmer over tractor tax

The Independent  

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Labour land grab for housing and solar poses fresh blow for farmers
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Labour land grab for housing and solar poses fresh blow for farmers

The Independent  

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Farmers call Government reforms ‘load of rubbish’ as anger over tax persists
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers call Government reforms ‘load of rubbish’ as anger over tax persists

Hindustan Times  

Farmers protesting outside the Oxford Farming Conference have called the Government’s newly-announced reforms to boost the sector’s profitability a “load of rubbish”. Julie Adams, an arable farmer near Bicester in Oxfordshire who joined the protest, called the Government’s new deal for farmers “a load of rubbish”. “A pre-rehearsed speech that barely touches on inheritance tax is not going to be …

Keir Starmer warned many family farms ‘won’t survive to see government’s plans to help boost profits’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer warned many family farms ‘won’t survive to see government’s plans to help boost profits’

The Independent  

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NFU boss laments 'wretched' year for Britain's farmers and renews demand for Labour to rethink inheritance tax 'betrayal'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

NFU boss laments 'wretched' year for Britain's farmers and renews demand for Labour to rethink inheritance tax 'betrayal'

Daily Mail  

The boss of the National Farmers' Union has lamented a 'wretched year' as he renewed his demand for Labour to rethink their inheritance tax raid. In his New Year message, he said he had never before experienced 'the anger, despair and sense of betrayal' felt by farmers over Labour's action. Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers' Union, lamented a …

Farming chief calls for pause on ‘disastrous’ tractor tax in latest blow to Starmer over controversial change
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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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
2 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Daily Mail  

Farmers are planning a New Year assault on supermarkets following Labour's plans to tax them, according to reports. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to levy a 20 per cent inheritance tax on farmers' assets worth more than £1million in her first Budget. Campaign sources told the paper they would ramp up their protests until stores reached a 'complete shutdown' But …

UK’s top union leader turns on Starmer over impact of family farm tax
2 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer made a mistake with ‘tractor tax’ – now he must fix it
3 months ago

Keir Starmer made a mistake with ‘tractor tax’ – now he must fix it

The Independent  

All governments – even the most extolled – make mistakes. Whatever the motivation for bringing many thousands of family farms, in due course, into the ambit of a harsher regime of inheritance tax, it is now clear that this part of Rachel Reeves’s controversial Budget is falling foul of that most iron of rules – the law of unintended consequences. …

Why the tractor tax will bankrupt families like mine
3 months 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 …

Keir Starmer reveals the real reason for his ‘family farm tax’ in grilling by senior MPs
3 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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The ‘tractor tax’ needs to be rethought to protect family farms
3 months, 1 week 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 …

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 months, 2 weeks 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
3 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Loophole used by super rich to avoid tractor tax unavailable to family farms
3 months, 2 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
3 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Labour MP becomes first to attack party’s inheritance tax raid on farms
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour MP becomes first to attack party’s inheritance tax raid on farms

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
3 months, 3 weeks 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
3 months, 3 weeks 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
4 months ago

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
4 months ago

PM: Government is ‘for farmers’ and most will be unaffected by tax change

The Independent  

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

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

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

The Independent  

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Why farmers are fretting across the world
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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
4 months 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’
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
Top News
4 months, 1 week ago

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes

China Daily  

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-11-20 11:11 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 …

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
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4 months, 1 week 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
Top News
4 months, 1 week ago

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes

China Daily  

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-11-20 11:11 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 …

Farmers protest in central London over tax changes
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week 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’
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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Emotional NFU leader says farmers have been 'stabbed in the back' by Labour's inheritance tax raid as minister insists protesters are wrong about how many will be hit after 13,000 descended on Westmin
4 months, 1 week ago

Emotional NFU leader says farmers have been 'stabbed in the back' by Labour's inheritance tax raid as minister insists protesters are wrong about how many will be hit after 13,000 descended on Westmin

Daily Mail  

Farmers have been 'stabbed in the back' by Labour's inheritance tax raid on their land, the president of the NFU said as 13,000 swapped the countryside for the capital to vent their fury. An emotional Tom Bradshaw told members gathered for a mass lobby of their MPs in London over the changes to inheritance tax for farming businesses that the …

UK farmers rally to oppose government's inheritance tax reforms
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4 months, 1 week 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?
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week 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 …

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