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Farming industry leaders have criticised the Autumn Budget announcement, calling it a “limited change to a damaging and destructive tax”.

Today’s Budget confirmed that the previously announced changes to inheritance tax reliefs will still take effect from April 2026. It also introduced an update: the £1 million threshold for the family farm tax will now be transferable between spouses.

Following devastating reforms to inheritance tax in last year’s Budget, farmers have awaited Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget with trepidation. We take a look at what she announced in today’s speech.

Nigel Farage MP has said that Reform UK will provide legal support for farmers who were arrested during today’s protest in London.

Welsh farmers, together with NFU Cymru, have created an impactful display at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair to highlight their opposition to the UK government’s inheritance tax reforms ahead of today’s Autumn Budget announcement.

Tractors appeared in Central London this morning ahead of the planned farming rally, despite the ban announced by the Met Police. Farmers Guide is at the scene to bring you the latest updates.

British farmers have called on the government to address the power imbalance between supermarkets and growers by overhauling the food supply chain regulator and making farming feel less “like survival”. 

Around 100 tractors rolled through the streets of Suffolk yesterday to protest against the changes to the family farm tax.

Farmers across the UK are staging go-slow protests today to draw attention to the disastrous family farm tax, which is set to affect them from April 2026 if no changes are made in this Budget.

Around 100 tractors are taking part in the Day of Unity in Suffolk, demonstrating farmers’ frustration with proposed changes to the inheritance tax ahead of this Wednesday’s Autumn Budget.

NFU Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to find a solution to the serious impact that the 182-day threshold for self-catering accommodation is having on diversified farm businesses.

A new movement, Fairer Family Farming, has been launched by working family farmers across the UK to challenge recent government changes to inheritance tax that threaten the future of Britain’s farming communities.