Politics

As the Autumn Budget looms and party leaders ramp up their promises in the furore of Party Conference Season, Farmers Guardian is re-launching its Save Britain’s Family Farms campaign to make sure the industry has access to the broadest and most in-depth political coverage, analysis, advice and insights on succession and Inheritance Tax

The campaign led by Farmers to Action arrived at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Sunday (September 28) to deliver messages from farmers to the Government

Jenny Riddle-Carpenter MP says she will continue to engage with the Government about Inheritance tax which is causing problems in rural areas

Farmers spent weeks preparing to protest outside the Labour Party conference, however, the sentiment appeared to get lost in the sea of other protestors who joined them. Farmers Guardian news and business reporter Mia Willemsen discusses the day

Defra had previously failed to confirm to Farmers Guardian if a meeting had taken place with NFYFC to discuss the possibility of ending discretionary funding for young farmers

Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckly said the schemes the Government inherited needed reform

A discussion panel with Labour Coast and Country MPs and NFU president addressed food resilience and food strategy

Labour Coast and Country MP says diversification is key for how family farms fit into the future

Tax Policy Associates' Dan Neidle said Sir Keir had bought a seven acre field in Surrey for his parents to look after rescued donkeys in 1996. Mr Neidle said the field was likely placed in a life-interest trust, and the nature of the tax planning structure had the effect of keeping the field outside his parents’ estate for Inheritance Tax purposes

He may be better known as Ned Stark in Game of Thrones and the Napoleonic war hero Sharpe, but to others, Sean Bean is known as a Yorkshireman who is on a mission to save the British countryside