Family Farm Tax

Rural Policy Group says small farms which have formed 'backbone' of Britain will be first to go

NFU Cymru president Aled Jones said: "No farmer, wherever they reside, should be impacted like this by a poorly designed policy"

Extending potentially exempt transfers (PETs) to a longer period than the current seven-year gifting rule, and a possible wealth or land tax cannot be completely ruled out

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the top stories from this week, including the Chancellor being accused of using Ministers as 'human shields' over Inheritance Tax changes, farmers take fate into their own hands by abandoning their SFI applications early despite waiting for offers to be made by the Government, APHA appoints former police chief as new chief executive, and Baroness Minette Batters asked to lead a review into farm profitability. Next week the latest on Donald Trump's trade tariffs and the impact on agriculture, new details revealed for the next stage of Johne's disease plan, and a petition to get farming on the curriculum aims to get 100k signatures

Mr Chambers said he is deeply alarmed by the UK Government’s willingness to compromise hard-won standards in pursuit of a trade deal with President Donald Trump

Olly Harrison said urban MPs need to be reminded of where their daily bread comes from after farmers decided to withhold milling wheat in protest to IHT changes

Speaking on Farmers Guardian webinar, fifth-generation mixed farmer Clare Wise Chapman said: "I cannot plan my way out of this and it is not for want of trying"

The CLA has written a letter to Sir Keir Starmer claiming that changes to APR and BPR have caused a 'collapse' in investment, which will result in the Exchequer receiving less revenue

Protests planned as anger at family farm tax spreads