Farmers deliver their produce to Chancellor Rachel Reeves
2nd January 2025
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has delivered a selection of traditional Christmas food staples, produced and procured in Yorkshire, to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ office, inviting her to meet with the industry leaders.
CLA director North Harriet Ranson visited the Chancellor’s constituency office to deliver a personal letter from the association’s president, Victoria Vyvyan, in addition to a food parcel containing festive foods grown across the county.
The letter reminded the Chancellor of the calls made by farmers and rural business owners about the impact of inheritance tax reforms on their family businesses.
It also included an invitation to meet with the CLA president and a delegation of industry leaders to positively work together for a more prosperous future.
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‘We are not your enemy’
The CLA’s director North, Harriet Ranson, said: “Today’s special delivery contained food which was produced and sourced from across Yorkshire.
“It recognises the hard work of our farmers and highlights the deliciously nutritious food they grow and livestock they rear. What better time to celebrate our farmers than around the food plates on Christmas day?
“My Christmas wish is that the Chancellor would meet, listen and ultimately act on reversing her plans on inheritance tax to save our family farms and rural businesses. Doing this would be an incentive for growth in the rural economy, with an added bonus of generating more revenue for government in capital tax receipts.
“Our message to the Chancellor is simple – ‘we are not your enemy’.”
Ms Ranson also delivered a food donation to a foodbank in the Leeds area.
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