MP warns of farmers’ inheritance tax change fears
One of a county's MPs has said farmers are worried for their livelihoods because of the proposed changes to inheritance tax on farms.
Farmers threaten ‘sewage strike’ over inheritance tax raid
Farmers are threatening to stop spreading sludge on their land in protest at plans to impose inheritance tax on their estates.They are discussing plans for a co-ordinated “sewage strike” in a move that risks causing chaos for water treatment companies and creating a mountain of waste.
Starmer warned over ‘militant’ backlash by farmers over inheritance ‘tractor tax’
Farmers are getting increasingly angry about the controversial plan to impose inheritance tax on many family farms
Farmer took his own life for fear of inheritance tax raid on £2m estate in Budget, son says
A farmer took his own life to avoid an inheritance tax raid following changes to the rules announced in the Budget last week, his son said.
Three quarters of British food will be hit by Reeves’s tax raid, warn farmers
Three quarters of food produced by British farmers will be hit by Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid, the industry has warned.
Reeves Defends Inheritance Tax Rise After Backlash From Farmers
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves defended her move to levy inheritance tax on UK landowners who pass down agricultural property to their children, after critics said the move would hurt the sector and lead to the breakup of family farms.
NFU President says farmers 'want to be militant' over Labour's inheritance tax changes
The NFU President has said that many farmers “want to be militant” over the government’s changes to inheritance tax relief.
No farm inheritance tax U-turn - Welsh secretary
Plans to scrap an inheritance tax exemption for farms worth more the £1m will not be reversed, even though "some farmers in Wales won't be happy", the Welsh secretary said. Jo Stevens defended the new tax on combined business and agricultural assets at an effective rate of 20% from April 2026.
Farmer took own life in fear of inheritance tax raid, says son
A farmer has taken his own life in fear of the Government’s inheritance tax raid, his son has said. John Charlesworth, 78, was found dead at his 70-acre farm in Barnsley, Yorkshire, on Tuesday, 24 hours before the Budget.
Labour accused of ‘traumatising’ farmers in ‘tractor tax’ raid amid warning over mental health crisis
Rachel Reeves has been accused of “traumatising” farmers with her new inheritance tax raid on a sector already grappling with ...
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Why Starmer’s inheritance tax raid risks fuelling a mental health crisis among farmers
To lose it to inheritance tax is a massive blow.” For some farmers, this tax grab is the final straw, plunging those ...
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BBC Countryfile's Jules Hudson warns farmers will fight Labour inheritance tax raid
The TV star’s intervention came after pollsters More in Common asked the public about the specifics of making farms eligible ...
Atkins: ‘Crass’ move on farm inheritance tax makes UK more reliant on imports
But for assets over £1 million, inheritance tax will apply with 50% relief, at an effective rate of 20%. The Chancellor ...