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Farming leaders’ fury as Treasury stands firm on inheritance tax change

Agricultural group representatives met Treasury minister James Murray as anger over the proposed changes to farm inheritance tax continues.

Evening Standard

Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax

News analysis: The shadow the Britain’s Brexit divide is now undermining farmers’ attempts to reverse Rachel Reeves’ changes to inheritance tax

The Independent UK

Farmers to stage fresh tractor protest against inheritance tax changes

The tractor rally, organised by Save British Farming, comes as MPs debate an e-petition with more than 148,000 signatures.

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Nigel Farage joins farmers in north London ahead of fresh Westminster protest against inheritance tax changes

Reform UK leader addressed farmers making a pitstop at Belmont Farm on Monday

Evening Standard

Why are Britain’s farmers protesting over Labour’s inheritance tax changes?

Labour’s plan ensures an inheritance tax of 20 per cent is imposed on farmers’ agricultural assets worth more than £1 million

The Independent UK

Every major supermarket turns on Starmer over tractor tax

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda sign up to damning letter warning over ‘the long-term stability of the nation's food resilience’

The Independent UK

Farmers claim ‘food and environment not important to government’ in fresh tractor tax protests across UK

Farmers are gathering at protests across the UK on Saturday as they step up their campaign against the tax raid

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Farmers gather across the UK in new protests over inheritance tax reforms

Rachel Hallos, a farmer and vice president of the National Farmers Union, warned the tax changes will ‘decimate’ the country’s agricultural sector.

Evening Standard

Farmers to stage fresh protests over inheritance tax reforms

The NFU has handed in a petition to 10 Downing Street signed by more than 270,000 members of the public.

Evening Standard

Farmers welcome supermarkets’ backing in fight against inheritance tax changes

Tesco and Lidl are among the retailers voicing concerns over the policy, which will end the 100% exemption from inheritance tax on wealthier farms.

The Independent UK

Reed apologises to farmers over decisions ‘we had to take’ to fix finances

The Environment Secretary set out reforms to boost profitability in the farming sector as the Government stands firm on agriculture property relief.

Evening Standard

Labour’s agriculture plans will increase chicken waste in rivers, say campaigners

Steve Reed says planning rules ‘have got in the way’ of farmers and apologises for ‘shock’ of inheritance tax change

The Guardian - UK

Producing food is ‘primary purpose’ of farming, Environment Secretary says

A speech by Steve Reed will outline measures to boost sector profits in the wake of protests against the Government by farmers.

The Independent UK

Farming chief calls for pause on ‘disastrous’ tractor tax in latest blow to Starmer over controversial change

National Farmers’ Union president intervenes in row again to say he’s never seen such ‘anger, despair and sense of betrayal’

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Evening Standard

‘Disastrous’ farm inheritance tax changes makes thriving sector impossible – NFU

The union’s boss called for a pause for consultation on the policy to enable the sector to deliver food security and environmental goals.

Evening Standard

Starmer defends farm tax in face of questions from senior MPs

Sir Keir Starmer was questioned about the impact of the inheritance tax change during a Liaison Committee appearance.

The Independent UK

‘Tractor tax’ blow to Starmer as Labour expert calls for government U-turn

Leading figure – whose analysis Starmer used to defend controversial policy – calls for inheritance tax threshold on farmers to be increased from £1m to £20m

The Independent UK

Starmer and farmers locked in deadlock over tax changes after hundreds of tractors descend on Westminster

Hundreds of farmers brought their tractors to Westminster for a day of protest – but the Labour government shows no sign of backing down on its plan to introduce inheritance tax

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The Independent UK

Starmer warned a UK-US trade deal would ‘destroy Britain’s family farms and food standards’

Warning comes as farmers prepare to descend on Westminster for a second time to protest planned changed to inheritance tax rules

The Independent UK

Starmer may be ‘softening’ on Labour’s ‘tractor tax’, NFU president claims

After a meeting in No10 with Keir Starmer on Monday, NFU president Tom Bradshaw said there was ‘a more conciliatory tone’ but farmers keep up the presure with a protest in Dover

The Independent UK

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

Downing Street described the Monday night meeting as “constructive”.

The Independent UK

Government accused of ‘hammer blow’ to farmers as thousands protest in London

Farmers flocked to Whitehall to protest against changes to inheritance tax and other measures in last month’s Budget.

The Independent UK

NFU chief hints farmers could take more extreme action if government ignores inheritance tax protest

More than 10,000 farmers descended on Westminster on Tuesday to urge the government to backtrack on the levy

Evening Standard

Reeves urged to meet farmers over inheritance tax change as protest kicks off

Celebrities including Jeremy Clarkson, who warns the policy is a ‘blunderbuss’ that has hit farmers, joined a rally in Whitehall.

Evening Standard

Cabinet minister slams rich for 'farmland tax dodge' as thousands of farmers protest in London

But NFU chief Tom Bradshaw accuses Environment Secretary Steve Reed of treating farmers with ‘contempt’

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