Lib Dems take family farm tax fight to Labour's backbench

Politicians say it is not too late for rural MPs to stage a Welfare Bill-style rebellion

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Head of News and Business
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EFRA chair and LibDem MP Alistair Carmichael says Labour's new rural MPs could hold key to IHT rethink
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EFRA chair and LibDem MP Alistair Carmichael says Labour's new rural MPs could hold key to IHT rethink

Labour's backbench rural MPs could hold the key to reversing the family farm tax, according to Liberal Democrat politicians. EFRA chair Alistair Carmichael, rural affairs spokesperson Tim Farron and...

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