Politics News

Amid ongoing fallout from the chancellor’s Autumn Budget, we spoke to Emma Mosey, chair of the Farm Retail Association, about the implications for farm shops.

NFU president Tom Bradshaw met with the Prime Minister to discuss the impact of changes to inheritance tax reliefs. 

Tractors have taken to the streets again, this time in Dover, in the latest protest against the government’s inheritance tax raid on farmers.

Data commissioned by the NFU has shown Labour is not trusted by its 2024 voters on issues surrounding the impact of the Budget on farmers. Changes to inheritance taxation on family farms are unpopular, and perceptions that Labour does not value rural voters as highly as urban ones are building. 

Tomorrow, on 28th November, farmers, land managers as well as countryside and industry workers, along with their families, will descend on Holyrood to peacefully signify the anger and frustration built up in rural Scotland.  

The government has been criticised for temporarily pausing capital grants applications, amid ongoing fallout from the Autumn Budget.

A petition calling for a new general election has surpassed 2,760,000 signatures in just a week. 

Herefordshire farmer Martin Williams, one of the organisers of the London farmers’ protest, said it was “humbling” to see so many farmers come together for the event.

The government has been criticised for investing in overseas food security, whilst cutting inheritance tax reliefs for UK farmers.

More than 100 tractors took part in a farmers’ protest in Cornwall last weekend to protest against changes to the inheritance tax, which triggered a lot of concern among the farming community.

NFU confirmed that more than 260,000 people have backed its campaign to reverse the family farm tax, signalling to the government that the public disagrees with the “cruel and ill-thought-out” policy.  

In light of the recent farmers’ rally that took place in London on 19th November, Farmers Guide has approached colleges and universities that offer courses in agriculture to ask whether students are allowed to take part in farming demonstrations.