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The ‘tractor tax’ needs to be rethought to protect family farms
1 week, 2 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 …

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More than half of Britons would support a farmers strike, poll shows
3 weeks ago

More than half of Britons would support a farmers strike, poll shows

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 More than half of Britons would support farmers if they decided …

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Starmer held private meeting with NFU boss for ‘grown-up’ inheritance tax talks
3 weeks, 6 days ago

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

The Independent  

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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: …

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Why have British farmers marched on UK’s Parliament?
1 month 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 …

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ROBERT HARDMAN: 'Starmer the Farmer Harmer' rose the chant from green-clad rural army
1 month ago

ROBERT HARDMAN: 'Starmer the Farmer Harmer' rose the chant from green-clad rural army

Daily Mail  

You could hardly have asked for a more old-fashioned protest outside the gates of Downing Street: everyone thanking the police, everyone doffing their caps at the capital’s war memorials, everyone being so frightfully well-behaved that, upon being asked not to march up to Parliament Square owing to sheer pressure of numbers, all very courteously complied. Robert Hardman joined farmers at …

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'I'm not your mate, I think you're an idiot': Farmer blasts 'woke liberal elite' James O'Brien in furious phone-in row over inheritance tax
1 month ago

'I'm not your mate, I think you're an idiot': Farmer blasts 'woke liberal elite' James O'Brien in furious phone-in row over inheritance tax

Daily Mail  

An angry farmer has blasted LBC host James O'Brien labelling him a 'woke liberal elite' and a 'townie' who knows 'nothing about farming'. The caller named Charlie questioned how farmers will be able to afford to pay inheritance tax when they 'only make £30k a year' with Mr O'Brien then asking him to 'crunch the numbers'. Farmers arriving at Westminster …

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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, …

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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 …

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Jeremy Clarkson demands government 'backs down' as TV star joins tens of thousands of farmers at mass London protest against Labour's inheritance tax raid
1 month ago

Jeremy Clarkson demands government 'backs down' as TV star joins tens of thousands of farmers at mass London protest against Labour's inheritance tax raid

Daily Mail  

Jeremy Clarkson today demanded Labour 'backs down' over its inheritance tax grab as he joined 13,000 farmers and their supporters for a mass protest in London. Jeremy Clarkson joining protesters for today's mass rally in Whitehall The Clarkson's Farm host waving at fans as he holds a sign reading 'With our farmers' His Clarkson's Farm co-star Kaleb Cooper was also …

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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  

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Thousands of farmers to descend on London as Met Police gives green light
1 month, 1 week ago

Thousands of farmers to descend on London as Met Police gives green light

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. We don’t want to bring the capital city to a stop or disrupt roads.” The …

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‘The NFU doesn’t possess our power’: On the march with Britain’s furious farmers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘The NFU doesn’t possess our power’: On the march with Britain’s furious farmers

The Telegraph  

The Government’s Budget decision to target agricultural assets with inheritance tax has sparked uproar among farmers, with the turmoil in the sector such that one has allegedly taken his own life. But amid the ire at Labour, many outraged farmers now have a new enemy – turning on their own union, the NFU, after it limited planned protests. But farmers …

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Jeremy Clarkson’s fury as farmers protest over inheritance tax raid is blocked
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jeremy Clarkson’s fury as farmers protest over inheritance tax raid is blocked

The Telegraph  

A mass protest by farmers against Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid has been blocked, Jeremy Clarkson has claimed. The former Top Gear presenter was among hundreds of farmers who had planned to attend a major demonstration on Nov 19 against the Government’s inheritance tax raid on their land. However the National Farmers Union said that “legal issues” meant that only …

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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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How Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid could hit the UK's ability to grow food
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Rachel Reeves has …

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Tension, anger and frustration ‘so tangible’ among farmers after Budget – NFU
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tension, anger and frustration ‘so tangible’ among farmers after Budget – NFU

The Independent  

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Starmer accused of lying to farmers as ‘tractor tax’ threatens to destroy countryside and increase cost of food
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Starmer accused of lying to farmers as ‘tractor tax’ threatens to destroy countryside and increase cost of food

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 Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of lying to farmers about …

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Arighat induction revives ‘no first use’ debate
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Arighat induction revives ‘no first use’ debate

Hindustan Times  

India has just inducted its second indigenous nuclear ballistic missile submarine, the INS Arighat. India will now have two SSBNs – INS Arihant and INS Arighat -- patrolling the high seas as a crucial part of the country’s nuclear triad and second-strike capability. Why, some wonder, is India investing in expanding its nuclear ballistic missile submarine capability when it should …

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Weather and farming: Heavier downpours will mean food shortages and hit animals, NFU warns
7 months ago

Weather and farming: Heavier downpours will mean food shortages and hit animals, NFU warns

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. Scientists from the World Weather Attribution study have concluded that climate change made rainfall during storms in the UK …

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Farmers’ confidence at all-time low after months of wet weather
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers’ confidence at all-time low after months of wet weather

The Telegraph  

Farmers’ confidence in England and Wales has collapsed to an all-time low, with more than four-fifths saying they have been negatively affected by months of wet weather, sector leaders have warned. All areas of farming - arable, livestock, poultry, horticulture and dairy - expect to decrease production over the next year, a poll by the National Farmers Union found. The …

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