Public Support To Overturn 'Family Farm Tax' Grows

More than 250,000 people have backed the NFU’s campaign to reverse the family farm tax, signalling to the government that the public disagrees with the cruel, ill-thought-out policy.

The NFU campaign attracted an increase of 50,000 signatures over just two days in the lead-up to and after the NFU’s mass lobby of MPs in Westminster on 19 November.

NFU President Tom Bradshaw said: “I want to send a heartfelt thank you to the public from the whole farming community for backing our campaign to overturn the family farm tax. At a time when farmers believe government has lied to them and let them down badly, British farmers and growers are heartened to know that they have the support of so many members of the public."

“Earlier on in the year the public decided farming was the second most trusted profession in Britain after only nursing. This milestone of support is further confirmation that the public values British farmers and growers for all they provide and believes they deserve more than this badly designed and poorly targeted policy that could decimate working family farms across Britain."

“Ministers must rethink the changes to Agriculture Property Relief and Business Property Relief and protect the people they say they want to. If they don’t, they risk reducing our food security and potential food price rises for shoppers as the cost of producing food increases.”