NFU members across Shropshire and the West Midlands are displaying banners to highlight the threat the proposed family farm tax poses to food production and rural businesses. The campaign, #StopTheFamilyFarmTax, aims to build political pressure on the government to reconsider the changes to inheritance tax which farmers fear will force them to sell their land or businesses.
NFU members in Shropshire and the wider West Midlands have been amplifying the campaign against the family farm tax , which threatens food production and rural businesses , by putting banners up across the county.The NFU , in collaboration with farming unions NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland and the Ulster Farmers’ Union, has stepped up its #StopTheFamilyFarmTax campaign with a national display of solidarity – the Big Banner Day.
Roadside and gate banners are being displayed across the country now and into January to amplify the message that the proposed changes to inheritance tax threaten the future of family farms. The banners, designed to be highly visible in key political constituencies, aim to keep public attention and build political pressure on the devastating impact these changes would have on farming families and rural communities. Father and son Oliver and Ed Garratt, who keep sheep by The Wrekin, have been busy putting up banners with NFU members in the county alongside the A5 towards Oswestry, the M54 and at sites on the A49 at Shrewsbury. Ed, who is NFU Shropshire county adviser, said: “Shropshire farmers and growers and those up and down the country want to be focused on growing crops and rearing stock, producing that food for our towns and cities, helping the environment and working to grow the economy, but the family farm tax has created serious worry and concern about the future of our farms. “Many may have to be broken up or sold to pay the tax man so this is the issue for county farmers at the moment and we are working hard with them and behind-the-scenes to keep the pressure up over the family farm tax. “This is just the next step, with much more to follow in January and beyond, as we call on all of our politicians to back the industry and stop this destructive tax on family food producing businesse
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