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Farmers worried if they will make it to end of 2025, NFU warns
Many farmers are worried if they will make it to the end of 2025 amid a perfect storm of issues, including the 'disastrous' inheritance tax…
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Labour peer warns IHT plan 'risks alienating party in countryside'
A Labour peer has warned Sir Keir Starmer that he risks 'turning the countryside into a no-go zone' for the party with its inheritance tax proposals…
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UK farmland at risk under system using 1940s data, report warns
Data from the 1940s is being used to classify and protect England’s most productive farmland, leading to fears that the food production could be…
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Over 200 tractors outline impact of IHT changes to rural Wales
More than 200 tractors congregated at the Royal Welsh Showground to outline the impact of Labour's 'shocking' inheritance tax plans. Welsh farmers…
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Calls for fair treatment of hill farms as many 'crippled from all angles'
Upland farmers are being 'crippled from all angles', with the NFU and charities calling for the government to treat them more fairly in the…
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Farmers to rally in London on 4 March against IHT proposals
Farmers are set to rally in central London again next month, as campaigners continue to urge the government to reconsider the 'cruel' inheritance tax…
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Treasury has 'heads in sand, fingers in ears, zero empathy' after IHT talks
The NFU has said that the government will 'reap what it sows' after the 'disappointing' meeting with the Treasury over the inheritance tax proposals…
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Number of English farms down a quarter in less than 20 years
The number of farms in England have fallen by nearly a quarter in less than two decades, shocking new figures show. The fall is seen in almost every…
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Treasury showed 'no enthusiasm' after farm IHT meeting
Farm leaders have met with Treasury ministers today to seek solutions to the government's 'disastrous' inheritance tax proposals, but officials…
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Farmers' views needed on economic impact of IHT changes
Farmers are being encouraged to share their views on how Labour's changes to inheritance tax will affect their business and why it must be…
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