US EditionNew deal needed for ‘bewildered and frightened’ farming sector, review urges
- The independent report on farming profitability highlights Inheritance Tax as the biggest issue affecting farming viability.
- Farmers are bewildered and frightened about future changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief from Inheritance Tax.
- There have been massive media reactions, including marches and tractor protests in London against changes to Inheritance Tax.
- Baroness Batters expressed sympathy, stating, 'The change to Inheritance Tax is a major issue for the sector.
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Government-Commissioned Farming Review Says Inheritance Tax Raid Is 'Single Biggest Issue'
The independent report into farming profitability is out this afternoon. Despite being guided away from any discussion of Inheritance Tax, it went there… Former NFU head Baroness Batters notes: “Nearly all the responses to this review have cited Inheritance Tax as the single biggest issue regarding farming viability that they face. The farming sector is…
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New deal needed for ‘bewildered and frightened’ farming sector, review urges
The report for Government comes from former National Farmers’ Union president Baroness Minette Batters.
New deal needed for ‘bewildered and frightened’ farming sector, review urges | The Independent
The report for Government comes from former National Farmers’ Union president Baroness Minette Batters. Read More The post New deal needed for ‘bewildered and frightened’ farming sector, review urges | The Independent appeared first on Brexit Carnage.
New Farming Board To Back Growth For Growers Following Profitability Review
The government has launched a new board, including representatives from the horticulture and fresh produce sectors, that aims to put growers at the heart of UK food policy in an initial response to 57 report recommendations laid out by ex-NFU president Baroness Minette Batters.With UK businesses struggling and domestic food security hanging in the balance, the Farming and Food Partnership Board aims to drive growth, productivity, and profitabili…
Batters review dismantles the ‘0.6% myth’ and warns farming is being priced out of survival
Minette Batters’ long-awaited Farming Profitability Review, published today, delivers a forensic challenge to one of the most persistent assumptions in Whitehall: that farming is economically marginal and therefore politically expendable. The review confronts head-on the pervasive view that farming does not matter because it contributes just 0.6% of GDP. In raw terms, farming directly adds £10.5 billion to the UK economy (GVA, 2024). But Batters…
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