This week, Joe Robertson met with Farmers from the East Wight, whereby they joined 10,000 farmers who descended on Westminster to protest against the plans to make farms worth more than £1 million eligible for inheritance tax. Despite Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Environment Secretary Steve Reed previously promising to protect farmers, under the Government’s proposals, more than 100,000 farms across the Country will be hit by new inheritance tax laws.
A petition at stopthefarmtax.com has been set up for people to back British farming and oppose the new tax, while farmers will gather in Westminster on Tuesday in opposition to Labour’s plans.
Joe Robertson met with Farmers from the East Wight, who raised their concerns about the harsh inheritance tax and the knock-on effect for both them and the whole country.
Joe Robertson MP said,
“Not only have they underestimated and undervalued the farms affected by this harsh new tax and its detrimental effect to our food security, but also to our rural economies and our village way of life. I will continue to put pressure on this Labour Government alongside my colleagues.”
Joe Robertson invited farmers to discuss their concerns on the policy that is so obviously unfair and cruel with Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA, Victoria Atkins. The Shadow Secretary of State assured them, that the Conservative, under the leadership of Kemi Badenoch, will do everything in their power to reverse the tax.
