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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helena Horton and Kiran Stacey

Rural MPs urge government to reassure farmers over inheritance tax

Farmers in Whitehall protest changes to inheritance tax on agricultural property, holding signs that say' Stuck Farmer'
Tuesday’s Whitehall protest has prompted rural Labour MPs to urge the government to reassure farmers over the changes to inheritance tax on agricultural property. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Rural Labour MPs have called on the government to reassure worried farmers, in an attempt to quell the escalating row over inheritance tax on agricultural property.

Thousands of farmers and landowners travelled to Whitehall on Tuesday to protest against the plans, which they say will force family farms to sell up in order to pay the new 20% rate on assets above a £1m threshold.

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