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

Farmers protest in central London over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules in the Budget - (PA Wire)

Labour is “almost becoming the cruel party” over inheritance tax reforms impacting farmers, one of its peers has claimed.

Baroness Mallalieu, who joined farmers as they marched on Westminster on Tuesday, claimed the new Government was losing the trust of countryside communities.