LibDem Conference: 'Human cost' of family farm tax 'makes me physically shake' says MP

Farmer's daughter Sarah Dyke said her 83-year-old mother is just one of many farmers terrified as to what will happen under Labour's IHT changes

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MP Sarah Dyke has spoken out about the 'human cost' of IHT proposals
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MP Sarah Dyke has spoken out about the 'human cost' of IHT proposals

Glastonbury and Somerton MP Sarah Dyke has spoken out against the ‘human cost' of Labour's family farm tax saying the enormity of what farmers are facing makes her ‘physically shake'. Stress Addressing...

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