Rachel Reeves urged to immediately U-turn on 'cruel farm tax' as new petition launched

Jerome Mayhew, the Tory MP for Broadland and Fakenham said: “This Government has shown how little its word is worth. Labour promised not to touch APR - yet the Chancellor did the exact opposite. They broke their promise to farmers and left family farmers of all sizes at risk of a mammoth inheritance tax bill.

“For family farmers that survive this tax raid, they will face further challenges. The Government’s trailed cut to the nature-friendly farming budget next year would put yet another nail in the coffin of farm finances and nature will pay the price.”

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