The environment secretary was speaking publicly to farmers for the first time since Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced they would now have to pay inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1m.
Environment secretary Steve Reed said it is 'hard to be sorry for trying to make the country's economy work' as he spoke to farmers for the first time since the budget. Mr Reed acknowledged he had let farmers down by saying a year ago, at the same conference he was speaking at, that he would not change inheritance tax for farmers.
'We had a proportion of rural Britain out on the streets of London telling politicians and politics they feel ignored, alienated and disrespected and that's what they want to change,' Mr Reed added. 'So there's a much bigger issue with how politics engages with, listens to and responds to rural Britain and the way of life they value and want to protect. 'It's not just about a single tax issue, it's much much bigger.
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