Starmer defends farm tax in face of questions from senior MPs

Tractors outside the Houses of Parliament during a protest by farmers (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer insisted there would be no U-turn on farmers’ inheritance tax changes as he stressed the need for the Government to raise extra money.

The Prime Minister said he was not specifically targeting either family farms or wealthy landowners using agricultural land as a way of dodging tax, insisting it was not “aimed at a particular group of individuals”.