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TAX

What to consider in light of planned Budget IHT relief cut

The plan to limit inheritance tax (IHT) relief for farming and other businesses to the first £1m of value has been met with shock. The £1m threshold, after which IHT…

TAX

Budget delivers heavy cut to farming's IHT reliefs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has slashed farming’s favourable inheritance tax reliefs in this week’s Budget, limiting 100% agricultural property relief and business property relief to the first £1m of value. Above…

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Case studies

ARABLE

What the Budget means for new Arable Insights farmer panel

As farmers head to Westminster to protest at Budget measures affecting their businesses, including the unwelcome changes to inheritance tax, we look at the practical implications of the new regime…

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Insights

BUDGET

Inheritance tax row dominates latest FW Question Time

The row over the recent Budget and inheritance tax dominated the latest Question Time event at Harper Adams University in Shropshire. We round up the highlights of the questions and…

BUSINESS

How CLA figures dismiss government position on family farm IHT

Lobbying against the proposed cut to agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) is intensifying. Analysis by the Country Land Association (CLA) demonstrates the severe challenge that the…

LAND MARKETS

Budget will force land sales, with implications for values

There is little doubt among advisers that the proposed cut to inheritance tax (IHT) reliefs will bring more land onto the market. The question is, how much land and at…

FARM POLICY

Analysis: Where does the Budget leave farming?

Rural charities have been urging struggling farmers to make use of their services, following a difficult Budget for the industry.  Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a series of measures last week…

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News

BUDGET

Farmers will fight inheritance tax plans, warns NFU leader

NFU president Tom Bradshaw delivered a passionate and forceful speech to hundreds of farmers at Church House, Westminster, as part of the NFU’s mass lobby to protest the government’s “family-farm…

NEWS

Farmers in London to protest 'family farm tax raid'

Thousands of frustrated farmers from across the UK are gathering in London for a mass rally to protest the government’ s controversial plans to introduce a 20% inheritance tax on…

FARM POLICY

Fears grow of further budget pain for farmers

Concerns are mounting within the farming community as the government prepares for its spring spending review, which could further undermine support for UK agriculture. Fears are growing that more financial…

FARM POLICY

Farmers plan second 'anti-Budget' rally for 19 November

Plans are being developed by a group of leading farmers to stage a parallel rally in London on the same day the NFU is holding its “mass lobbying event” in…

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Opinion

OPINION

Editor's View: Farmers Weekly backs calls for Budget changes

An additional week’s perspective does not make the Budget any more palatable. With each day that passes, it becomes clearer that the Treasury’s assumptions that only a small number of…

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Podcast

NEWS

FW Podcast Ep 228: How to reduce your IHT liability

A special episode after an Autumn Budget which promises huge changes to farm businesses – and indeed for farming families. The Budget saw Chancellor Rachel Reeves announce major changes to…

NEWS

FW Podcast 227: Budget preview - what's in store for farmers?

In this episode, as the government's Budget looms we ask three experts what farmers should expect in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. We find out why the Sustainable Farming Incentive is…

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