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  

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 A source close to Rachel Reeves has strongly denied reports that the government is about to exempt farmers aged 80 and over from the family farm tax in a bid to end a revolt in rural England. The prime minister and the chancellor are under growing pressure to provide some relief for farmers amid growing anger over the decision to extend inheritance tax to include family farms. The Treasury claim that in reality with tax allowances it would mean only farms worth £3 million would be affected covering just 28 per cent of family farms. We could come up with a policy that would answer the questions but be far better for the industry.” open image in gallery Thousands of protesters gathered in central London on Tuesday Mo Metcalf-Fisher, external affairs director for the Countryside Alliance, added: “If true, while it’s reassuring to see the government may finally acknowledge that the family farm tax is a flawed policy, it still has to make the right calls about mitigating the impact on family farms.

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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, 2 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
1 week, 5 days 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
1 week, 6 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 …

Keir Starmer reveals the real reason for his ‘family farm tax’ in grilling by senior MPs
2 weeks, 6 days ago

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

The Independent  

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Reeves’s build for growth strategy in doubt because of impact of inheritance tax changes
3 weeks, 2 days ago

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

The Independent  

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The ‘tractor tax’ needs to be rethought to protect family farms
3 weeks, 4 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 …

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 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 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
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, 2 days 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 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 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 …

Rachel Reeves faces calls to reveal whether she inadvertently tipped off a Labour MP with a 2,200-acre family estate about her crippling inheritance tax raid on farms
1 month, 1 week ago

Rachel Reeves faces calls to reveal whether she inadvertently tipped off a Labour MP with a 2,200-acre family estate about her crippling inheritance tax raid on farms

Daily Mail  

The Chancellor is facing calls to reveal whether she inadvertently tipped off a Labour MP with a 2,200-acre family estate about her inheritance tax raid on farms. Mr Davies also queried the content of the ‘briefing sessions’ held with Labour MPs ahead of the Budget, and whether any information slipped out this way.’ Rachel Reeves has been urged to reveal …

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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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 …

‘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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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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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

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UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms
1 month, 3 weeks ago

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

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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 …

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 …

Starmer warned Labour faces wipeout of rural MPs in farm tax backlash ahead of protest
1 month, 3 weeks ago

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

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  

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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, 4 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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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 …

Politics latest news: Tories would reverse Labour’s ‘cruel family farms tax’, says Badenoch
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2 months ago

Politics latest news: Tories would reverse Labour’s ‘cruel family farms tax’, says Badenoch

The Telegraph  

Kemi Badenoch said the Tories would reverse Labour’s “cruel family farms tax”. The Tory leader said the Government’s inheritance tax raid on farmers had created uncertainty for the agricultural sector as she pressed Sir Keir Starmer to reassure worried families. “I am very clear that we would reverse Labour’s cruel family farms tax. “When it comes to inheritance, the vast, …

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

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 …

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

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