23/12/2025
BREAKING: Labour humiliated into farm tax climbdown after months of tractor protests
The Labour Government has been forced into a major U turn on its controversial ‘Family Farm Tax’ after months of furious protests by farmers and mounting unrest on Labour’s own backbenches. Ministers confirmed today that plans to impose inheritance tax on farms have been watered down, with the threshold for taxation rising sharply from £1million to £2.5million. The climbdown follows 14 months of near constant demonstrations outside Parliament, warnings about food security and growing disquiet among rural MPs....
The Labour Government has been forced into a major U turn on its controversial ‘Family Farm Tax’ after months of furious protests by farmers and mounting unrest on Labour’s own backbenches. Ministers confirmed today that plans to impose inheritance tax on farms have been watered down, with the...