Shelves will not be left empty this winter if farmers go on strike over tax changes, a cabinet minister has said. Louise Haigh, the transport secretary, said the government would be setting out contingency plans to ensure food security is not compromised if farmers decide to protest.

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‘This will rip out the heart of Kent’: Farmers fear wipe out after inheritance tax bill

Conservative former Cumberland Mayor Mike Starkie criticises inheritance tax changes in the budget.

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Ex-Cumbrian mayor says farms will be harmed by inheritance tax

Transport secretary Louise Haigh has said Whitehall already has plans in place to deal with empty supermarket shelves if farmers go on strike

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Minister says food shortage plan in place as farmers threaten strike action over tax

Labour Ministers and Defra are drawing up contingency plans to ensure food security as farmers threaten to strike over the hated inheritance tax on farms.

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Farmer strike threat sparks Labour Party panic with food shortage plans drawn up

Fears of empty supermarket shelves and panic buying if farms withhold production

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Food shortage plans drawn up as farmers threaten to strike

Farmers are feeling “betrayed” about changes to inheritance tax, the farming union chief said, but made clear that he does not condone halting supplies of food to supermarkets in protest.

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Farmers ‘betrayed’ over inheritance tax but should not withhold food – NFU chief

Ministers not expecting that Brits will go without food as biggest farmers’ union draws back from all out action

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Minister dismisses food shortage concerns as farmers threaten strike

Louise Haigh says the government has contingency plans in place in the event farmers stop producing food in protest at the changes announced in the October budget.

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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh downplays risk of empty shelves if farmers strike over inheritance tax

The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said that farmers in England and Wales feel “betrayed” by changes from the new Labour Party government.

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Farmers feel 'betrayed' and 'angry' over inheritance tax shake-up under Labour

Families who have spent generations building up farming ventures fear the “destruction” of their way of life following changes to inheritance tax.

Sir Keir Starmer has been warned farmers could “easily” ensure supermarket shelves are left empty as unrest grows over Labour’s inheritance tax changes.Farmer Jo Hilditch joined Dawn Neesom on GB News to criticise Rachel Reeves’s Budget, claiming the Chancellor got the numbers wrong while drawing up plans.Asked by Dawn just how far farmers might be prepared to go to force the Government’s hand, Hilditch ruled out any Just Stop Oil-like tactics.B…

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Keir Starmer dealt with empty shelves threat as ‘betrayed’ farmers plan action: 'We can easily do it'

Farmers Protest Against UK Inheritance Tax Hike

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