Politics News

On Monday, 10th February, British farmers will take to the streets of London to protest against the government’s plans to cap vital inheritance tax reliefs. Here is what you should know ahead of the event.

Farmers have been encouraged to take part in a display of tractors and pre-loved farm toys outside the NFU annual conference later this month.

The food manufacturing industry, which contributes £162 billion to the economy and supports over 4.5 million jobs, has joined forces like never before to urge the Treasury to rethink changes to inheritance tax announced at the Budget.  

Supporters of Britain’s farmers are urging fast-food giant McDonald’s to join the industry in demanding that Rachel Reeves rethinks her controversial inheritance tax changes on family farms.

Almost 50 MPs from across England, Scotland and Wales have signed a letter addressed to the CEOs of the UK’s six largest supermarkets, calling out their unfair practices that are harming farmers. 

Richard Walker, the managing director of Iceland and Labour Party supporter, has spoken out against Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid on farmers, breaking with the party after previously supporting its Budget.

Over 100 tractors are taking part in the farmers’ rally on the A14 in Suffolk today.

Farmers have been asked to share their views on the land use framework, as Defra secretary Steve Reed launches a 12-week consultation.

“We have to focus on policy, not politics,” said the NFU president Tom Bradshaw during the meeting with farmers from across East Anglia which took place earlier today. 

British farmers will again show a united front against governmental policies during a Westminster rally that is set to take place in February.

Over three quarters of farms in England and Scotland of 50ha (124 acres) or more in size will be affected by the changes to inheritance tax, AHDB analysis shows.

Suffolk farmers have marked the National Day of Unity by engaging with shoppers at a local Tesco store, raising issues important for both consumers and the farming industry.