Politics

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

From new NFU analysis challenging the Treasury's figures on Agricultural Property Relief to a close-up of the latest John Deere T6 700 - these are five farming stories not to miss this week on FG

The NFU said the Government's initial claim that only 27% of farms will be affected by the new IHT policy 'materially underestimates the true proportion'. Their analysis found 'around 75% of commercial family farms will be above the £1 million threshold'

NFU deputy president David Exwood said it was ‘very clear that tenants will be impacted' by the Government's IHT proposals

Steve Reed told Farmers Guardian he was not concerned about a farmers’ strike following the London protests

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Tenant Farmers Association said they had asked the Treasury if it knew how many APR/BPR claims were made from landlords with multiple tenancies, and was told it could not provide the data

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the situation around Inheritance Tax changes will be only be resolved by sitting down with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves ‘but at the moment she is refusing to meet with us'

Farmers Guardian reported live from the farmer protest on Tuesday November 19, and in this podcast you can hear Jeremy Clarkson's speech and from those who attended the rally

One year ago on November 19 farmers flooded the streets of London to protest against IHT