Family farm tax still a battle with millionaire landowners, Labour and Green Party MPs claim

Labour and Green Party politicians have been meeting with farmers since the start of the New Year to hear their concerns about Inheritance Tax

Chris Brayford
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MP for Wakefield and Rothwell Simon Lightwood said: "We need to see a system that supports small, family farmers like the Wilsher family - not one that allows millionaires to exploit the system to avoid paying their fair share of tax."
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MP for Wakefield and Rothwell Simon Lightwood said: "We need to see a system that supports small, family farmers like the Wilsher family - not one that allows millionaires to exploit the system to avoid paying their fair share of tax."

Millionaire landowners have been challenged to pay their fair share of tax in the ongoing row into the family farm tax by Labour and Green politicians. MP for Wakefield and Rothwell Simon Lightwood...

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