It is the post-Budget battle the Government did not necessarily anticipate: Labour versus the farmers. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) held a mass lobby of MPs this morning, calling on their representatives to oppose the imposition of inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million. That is not all. Thousands more are expected to descend on Whitehall for a rally.
They are likely to receive a sympathetic ear from MPs and Londoners alike. Farmers work long and unsociable hours in all weathers to put food on the plates of millions. They are on the frontline of climate change, and have had to put up with other man-made disruptions, such as Brexit and the huge impact on farming and exports.
