Chancellor refuses to meet with NFU to discuss Inheritance Tax changes for family farms

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the situation around Inheritance Tax changes will be only be resolved by sitting down with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves ‘but at the moment she is refusing to meet with us'

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
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Chancellor refuses to meet with NFU to discuss Inheritance Tax changes for family farms

If the Government can accept the human impact of its Inheritance Tax changes on farmers, NFU president Tom Bradshaw says he will lose all respect for it. Budget It was a defiant message from Mr Bradshaw,...

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