Minette Batters, former president of the National Farmers' Union, has accused the Chancellor of doing 'her level best to pull the rug from under our struggling farmers'.
Rachel Reeves must make family farms exempt from the inheritance tax raid or risk destroying communities, farmers have warned.
Minette Batters accused Ms Reeves of doing 'her level best to pull the rug from under our struggling farmers’ The third-generation farmer said: ‘Labour is entering into territory of not just losing the rural vote next time, but for ever.Read More Furious farmers hit out at Labour's Environment Secretary Steve Reed choice of wellies: a designer £420 pair given to him by Lord Alli Calling on the Government to reverse the plans, he added: ‘It’s a level of disrespect that we haven’t been exposed to before.
Industry leaders accused the Government of breaking ‘clear promises’ not to tamper with exemptions for agricultural property ‘Farming is not some money- making goldmine. It is hard graft. The profit margins are not great. At the end of the day farming is a way of life.’ Robin Milton, 63, the eighth generation of his family to work a sheep farm near Withypool on Exmoor in Devon, said he may face a £1million tax bill after last week’s Budget.
Jilly Greed, 69, who runs a 600-acre beef farm near Thorverton, in Devon’s Exe Valley, feels betrayed
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