News Round-Up
26 April 2025
by Toby Young
The way things are going the Government risks not only driving family farms into extinction, but accelerating the decline of industries vital to Britain's economic future, warns Gabriel McKeown.
Rachel Reeves's tax raid on farmers is putting Britain’s food security at risk and must be paused, Tesco has warned, as the backlash to the controversial policy that has brought farmers to the streets mounts.
Asda has publicly backed farmers in their row with Labour over its inheritance tax raid following tractor protests outside of supermarkets in a new blow to Starmer and Reeves.
What's the real reason behind the 'Farmer Harmer' Tax, asks David Craig. Could it have anything to do with the current rush among the rich and among financial institutions to buy up farmland?
Farmers have threatened to bring Britain to a standstill in a "war" against the Government’s inheritance tax raid as hundreds of tractors descended on central London today.
Rachel Reeves's 'tractor tax' will hit 2,500 farmers a year, 75,000 over a generation – five times as many as the Chancellor claims because she doesn't understand the industry, a leading expert has said.
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