Restricting food supplies is not the answer to stopping the family farm tax, says NFU president

Mr Bradshaw said winning the fight on the family farm tax will only be achieved through two ways, maintaining public support and pressurising the Treasury with their own backbench MPs

Rachael Brown
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Restricting food supplies is not the answer to stopping the family farm tax, says NFU president

If any action is taken in response to the Chancellor's Inheritance Tax changes which loses public support, then the Government has won. We cannot take action, which undermines that. READ NOW: 'This...

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