Labour Government

Countryside group calls move 'latest attack on farming'

Farmers Guardian's Chief Reporter Rachael Brown discusses the Farming Minister's latest appearance as a guest speaker on a webinar hosted by Tenant Farmers Association

Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA), Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner said a key theme from the debate around Agricultural Property Relief (APR) reform was the ‘low level of returns' among farm businesses

Amid growing unrest from farmers over a proposed Inheritance Tax announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget, the Defra Secretary has faced pressure for the number of farms he has visited since July 5

The conference, organised by the group who set up the London farmer protest, hopes this will keep the pressure on the Government after it announced its tax plans

More than 100 tractors will circle City of York as farmers pile pressure on Labour Government

Mr Bradshaw said winning the fight on the family farm tax will only be achieved through two ways, maintaining public support and pressurising the Treasury with their own backbench MPs

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The event is led by the same group of farmers who organised the 'Save Family Farms' rally outside Westminster on November 19

Importance of tenant farms to rural communities, and the ‘many challenges' tenants faced were highlighted to mid & south Pembrokeshire Labour MP Henry Tufnell at a rent farm visit