Dairy sector unites against family farm tax at Dairy-Tech

The dairy sector showed its support for the NFU's Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign, with businesses adding signatures to the campaign pledge at Dairy-Tech

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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RABDF chair Robert Craig and NFU president Tom Bradshaw sign the campaign pledge at Dairy-Tech
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RABDF chair Robert Craig and NFU president Tom Bradshaw sign the campaign pledge at Dairy-Tech

More than 20 processors, with a turnover of more than £7 billion, signed a joint letter to the Treasury to warn against changes to Inheritance Tax. NFU Dairy Board chair Paul Tompkins said: "This is...

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