Conservative councillors in Telford criticized the government's plan to impose a 20% inheritance tax on farmland and assets over £1 million. Despite support from opposition councillors, a Labour-led motion to reject the tax was passed, highlighting the party's decisive influence on the council.
Opposition councillors had a free hit to be critical of the Government’s farm tax plans when Telford’s Labour group stayed silent to crush a Tory motion.Tory councillors lined up to pour scorn on the plan to make farmland and assets over £1 million subject to inheritance tax at 20 per cent from next year.
The motion added that the council should recognise the vital role that farmers provide for this borough and beyond. He added that during Storm Darragh it was the farmers who went out in their tractors in numbers to clear local roads, not council workers. The red party holds 38 of the council’s 54 seats while the Conservatives are on seven, the Lib Dems are on six and there are three independents.
FARM TAX INHERITANCE TAX CONSERVATIVE PARTY LABOUR PARTY TELFORD COUNCIL
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