Agricultural Property Relief

In a Westminster Hall debate on October 17, MPs from rural constituencies laid out concerns for the future of family farms and food production if changes were to be made

"The unequivocal case for an increased, ring-fenced and multi-annual UK farming budget was made clear once again"

The CLA said more than 27,000 farm businesses could be impacted by an inheritance tax reduction, potentially leading to 190,000 people out of work

NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful

The Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner attended the Farm Tenancy Forum for the first time since being elected into Government

Union demands Treasury support for farming to secure UK's future food production