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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.

The Independent UK

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

Sexist Nicola Sturgeon joke sparks call for culture change at farmers' union

A SEXIST joke about Nicola Sturgeon has been cited in a report calling for cultural change in the National Farmers' Union of Scotland (NFUS) ...

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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’

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New bird flu restrictions to cover all of England and Scotland

Strict new rules are now in place

The Independent UK

Bird flu restrictions to cover England and Scotland as number of cases rise

Strict bird flu restrictions have been put in place for the whole of England amid rise in cases

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves has to realise she can’t plough on with the farm tax

The chancellor’s attempt to get rich landowners to pay their fair share was correct in principle. But this measure has missed the mark

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Farming body issues statement following bird flu restrictions introduced in Scotland

THE NATIONAL Farmers Union has urged all poultry keepers to follow Government guidance after a Scotland-wide prevention zone was established to curb…

The National (Scotland)

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

The Independent UK

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

‘Breaking point’ – Farmers to stage new protests over inheritance tax reforms

Farmers say they want to thank the British public for their support and warn of the impact of the planned reforms.

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

Reeves’s tractor tax plan in disarray as supermarket giants hit out at chancellor

Three of Britain’s biggest retailers, Tesco, Lidl and the Co-Op, join calls for halt to inheritance tax raid as Labour chancellor tries to drum up business investment in the UK at World Economic Forum in Davos

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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’

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.

The Independent UK

Fresh tractor tax blow for Starmer as Labour could lose three quarters of rural seats, poll suggests

The National Farmers Union warns Sir Keir Starmer he has ‘gravely underestimated the impact’ of his family farm tax raid as a poll suggests Labour could be hit hard by seat losses if a general election was held today

The Independent UK

Starmer reveals the real reason for his family farm tax - not to hit super wealthy death duty dodgers

The NFU have said that the prime minister’s admission to the Commons liaison committee proves the family farm tax was ‘an indiscriminate revenue-raising measure with no thought given to who it impacts’

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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

Farmers’ protest live: NFU leader fights back tears as tractors block Westminster over inheritance tax rise

Hundreds of farmers blocked Whitehall outside Parliament as Sir Keir Starmer also answered prime minister’s questions on the sensitive issue

The National (Scotland)

'We must rally': Scottish farmers to protest amid inheritance tax row

SCOTLAND'S national farmers union (NFU) has called on all those who want a "thriving rural economy in Scotland" to rally…

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 Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves standing firm against U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers

Chancellor understood to be determined to keep policy despite Treasury analysing ways to soften impact

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