To support UK Farmers

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And due to KS's inability to face them in Wales today they are now thinking of going on strike. Because the govt are being too stubborn to reconsider how they apply IHT on working family farms. By all means close the loophole that allows the 'landed gentry' to take advantage of the agricultural exception but not with so blunt an instrument.

I was hoping to add a post to an existing thread but there isn't one despite it being headline news today.

It's bigger than that. Governments are attempting to sort out the problem globally, levelling up and down.

Lifelong labour voter here but won't vote for them again.

The stupidity and short sightedness of this policy just show they are ideologically driven ignoramuses.

I mean the private school thing was stupid enough (I think all private schools should be abolished and the policy is still shit) but this is ten times worse

What sort of food do you want to eat in your neo liberal society then?
Cheap low quality imports produced by people on low wages?

Or good quality, welfare friendly, environmentally sustainable food that is produced by people whose kids attend school and get free healthcare?

I'm not really understanding your argument - can you explain?

@justasking111

Do you really think poshos as you call them have any more idea than you.

I don’t understand this sentence. Any more idea about what?

But that type of food isn’t possible for the majority who can’t afford farm shops, organic veg boxes or Waitrose.

And what has that yo do with farmers paying inheritance tax?

But people need homes and not to be fleeced by landlords renting shit holes for exorbitant amounts of money.

This thread is just utter proof of how disconnected people have become from how food is produced.
@G1nT1n you can and do afford food from British farms every single day. Very very small amounts of British food is sold in farm shops. And farm shops are nowhere near as expensive as many believe, especially if you're buying seconds or ugly veg.
Unless you are growing 100% of the food you eat YOU PERSONALLY will be consuming food from a BRITISH FARM every single day!

You can want to punish the people who feed you every day all you like. You can be spiteful and jealous of what you perceive that they have 'better' than you do. But you are mistaken. And each and everyone of you will live to regret it if we have food shortages in the coming years due to poor policy and poor planing now.
I can promise you that!

Nope don’t want to punish anybody but do want farmers to pay inheritance tax and to quit moaning about it.

Re Your first para
Whilst lots of people have to pay inheritance tax on their residential property they at least have had all their lives to transfer it to their children using the 7 year rule to avoid IHT
Farmers have not been given the same respect and privilege as others in this.

In fact They have not been given any warning at all!

And yet new figures sate the figure of 66% will have to pay
It depends what you read

Look at the 3-5% student loss figure given by the Labour Government for Private schools. Whilst the ISC independent schools council sited 10%. Surprise surprise it’s already over 10%.

As such we would be entirely at the mercy of other countries for our food.!

Why would anyone want this? It's madness I agree

@G1nT1n think we have found Rachel Reeves!

You got it wrong Rachel! Even your husband is against you on this one!
When making policy that is going to have a massive impact on agriculture it's worth at least talking it through with DEFRA first!

Im really not surprised
This is a policy of envy. If I can’t have it neither can they…Labour came in to power because of this attitude.

‘Nope don’t want to punish anybody but do want farmers to pay inheritance tax and to quit moaning about it.’

Fully agree.

@G1nT1n

I understand about the renting issue but who is buying up the new homes.

Of course people say this it's what Labour rely on.

Lower food security will impact you and the pp though

@StandingSideBySide yep

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER

Yes that's it in a nutshell

No it’s nothing to do with support for Labour. I’d support this policy if Tories brought it in too

For me it’s quite simple: Everyone should be subject to the same rules. I’m pretty sure neither me nor my DC will be starving Mad Max style as a result.

Why go backwards on something most would agree is important these days?

Wonder how everyone would feel if a new inheritance tax was brought in TOMORROW for everyone with more than £1 in the bank to pay IHT
I mean
everyone with less than £325,000 can currently get away without paying it.

It would need to be brought in immediately though so no one has a chance to plan just like Labour have done to the farmers.

Everyone isn’t subject to the same rules, most people don’t pay a penny in IHT

Most properties are worth way more so it isn't great imo

Wish they'd raise it up to 1 million