Farmers fume over Chancellor’s refusal to meet

Angry farmers claim that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is avoiding their meetings because of the harsh increases in inheritance taxes.

We will not give up, they are warning the Labour Government.

This week, thousands of people demonstrated in London against higher taxes, claiming they will ruin rural Britain.

Farmers have warned that the number of people impacted by the adjustments is significantly higher than what the Treasury estimates, and both sides have been unable to reach a consensus on this point.

In the Budget, Reeves said that inherited agricultural assets valued at more than $1 million would be subject to a 20% inheritance tax starting in April 2026.

National Farmers Union President Tom Bradshaw told the Sun on Sunday: “The Chancellor has so far refused to meet with me to discuss a way forward. That’s all I want to do.”

You can be sure that the NFU will keep up its strong campaign to repeal the family farm tax because it is unfair, cruel, and could destroy our industry.

“We will not give up,” stated Victoria Vyvyan, head of the Country Land and Business Association. It could jeopardize livelihoods to hit farmers with enormous inheritance tax liabilities.

According to Tim Bonner, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, “this policy will hurt the countryside and rural communities and threaten our food security.”

Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, claimed that Labour just could not grasp simple algebra.

She also chastised them for putting consumers at risk of food shortages and price increases.

She claimed that workers don’t care about or comprehend the countryside.

Their policies put farming as we know it at risk of going extinct.

For comment, the Treasury was approached.

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