The public outrage at Labour’s family farm tax isn’t going away any time soon. Today farmers from across the country have driven their tractors to Westminster in yet another protest at Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax on agricultural assets, as countrymen fear for the future of family-owned farms. Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot insist the majority

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Farming chief weeps at Labour's tax raid

Farmers attempting to dodge Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid may find themselves or their children lumped with a different bill.

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Warning to farmers at risk of 400% tax 'sting' trying to dodge inheritance raid

As tractors roll through central London in protest, key backer of Labour policy suggests increasing £1m limit

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Family farms ‘could be spared by raising tax threshold’

Sir Keir Starmer should “change course” on the Government’s alterations to inheritance tax affecting family farms, opposition MPs have said.

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Starmer urged to ‘change course’ on farmers’ inheritance tax plans

British farmers could be hit with an "enormous" tax bill with a 400 per cent charge when attempting to avoid the Labour Government's inheritance tax (IHT) raid, accountants have claimed.During her Autumn Budget statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that agricultural relief for IHT would be cut which has left many farmland owners concerned about what they owe to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).As of April 2026, inheritance tax relief for bu…

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Farmers could be slapped with 'enormous' 400% tax bill when avoiding Reeves's inheritance tax raid​

Farming families protest in central London over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules in the recent budget. Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire Sir Keir Starmer should “change course” on the Government’s alterations to inheritance tax affecting family farms, opposition MPs have said. The Commons also heard on Wednesday that some farmers considered the Labour Government “duplicitous”, as tractor drivers lined streets near the Palace of Westminste…

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Tax experts have cast doubt over Treasury figures that around 500 estates will be affected each year by Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax changes. The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) has calculated that up to 75,000 individual farm business owners are “likely to be affected” over the coming generation. Speaking at the Environment Committee on Wednesday, David Sturrock, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studie…

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Tax experts warn 75k farmers to be hit by Reeves’s raid as doubts cast on Labour’s figures

Opposition MPs told the Labour leader during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday he should “change course” over the Chancellor’s changes to inheritance tax that will have a catastrophic impact on… The post Starmer is told farmers around the country think Labour is ‘duplicitous’ appeared first on London Business News

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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said many family farms felt the changes announced in the budget would be ‘the final blow’.  Sir Keir Starmer should “change course” on the Government’s alterations to inheritance tax affecting family farms, opposition MPs have said. The Commons also heard on Wednesday that some farmers considered the Labour Government “duplicitous”, as tractor drivers lined streets near the Palace of Westminster to protest ag…

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Hundreds of farmers gathered in Westminster today, chanting “no farmers, no food” outside Downing Street, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced tough questioning in the Commons over proposed changes to inheritance tax. Tractors blocked parts of Whitehall during a demonstration organised by Save British Farming and Kent Fairness for Farmers, reflecting the industry’s growing anger over Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s levy proposals. Under the plans…

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