Farmer leading new IHT campaign says there is still hope of positive change

A farmer at the forefront of a new campaign to challenge the Government's changes to Inheritance Tax has said farmers should have ‘hope' that a positive outcome may still be achieved

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David Passmore with Vicky the cow
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David Passmore with Vicky the cow

With groups from across the industry staging protests in all corners of the country in the run up to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget on Wednesday (November 26) and following yesterday's Day of Unity (November...

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