Office for Budget Responsibility

Pressure intensifies on Rachel Reeves to resign following 'dismal' Autumn Budget for farmers

Politics

Pressure intensifies on Rachel Reeves to resign following 'dismal' Autumn Budget for farmers

Reform leader Nigel Farage claims the Chancellor has 'misled' Parliament on the state of the public finances to warrant tax rises in the Budget, and thus broken the Ministerial Code

clock 02 December 2025 • 8 min read
OPINION: "Is the Government seriously asking farmers to cover less than 0.5% of the UK's annual debt interest bill?"

Politics

OPINION: "Is the Government seriously asking farmers to cover less than 0.5% of the UK's annual debt interest bill?"

Farmers Guardian’s Tom Ryder, hailing from a Cumbria-based family with a history in pedigree livestock breeding, reflects on how the Government’s proposed Inheritance Tax reforms risk overlooking the human realities behind the numbers

clock 30 October 2025 • 3 min read
Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors: "The yield from this [IHT] measure is not likely to reach a steady state for at least 20 years"

Farm Business

Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors: "The yield from this [IHT] measure is not likely to reach a steady state for at least 20 years"

Mr Taylor writes about changes to ABR and BPR, alongside the revenue it will raise for the Treasury

clock 19 February 2025 • 2 min read