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Sunak’s promise to protect farmland from solar farms criticised

A green think tank has criticised Rishi Sunak’s promise to protect farmland from solar farms, saying biofuels use 77 times the amount of arable land. The Green Alliance’s intervention comes after Mr Sunak and his opponent in the race to be the next ...

19 Aug 2022 at 14:09

Starmer defends inheritance tax changes as row with farmers ramps up

Sir Keir Starmer has again defended changes to inheritance tax for farms, insisting that most will be unaffected and that the Government just needs to “keep explaining” how it will work. A row has erupted over the taxes for farms worth more than ...

15 Nov 2024 at 17:44

Rishi Sunak takes campaign message to fishing and farming communities

Rishi Sunak touted the Conservative manifesto pledge to impose a legally binding food security target in a pitch to farmers which was branded “too little too late” by his Liberal Democrat rivals. The Prime Minister was joined by Lord David ...

18 Jun 2024 at 19:32

MPs urge Government to reverse ‘devastating’ inheritance tax on farmers

Opposition MPs have called on the Government to reverse the “devastating” change to farmers’ inheritance tax. In the Budget, Rachel Reeves announced that inheritance tax will be charged at 20% on farms worth more than £1 million, although ...

05 Nov 2024 at 09:29

Northern Ireland MPs and peers call for rethink of agricultural inheritance tax

Northern Ireland’s MPs and peers have united in a plea to the Government to rethink planned changes to inheritance tax for farmers. In a letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, DUP MP Carla Lockhart warned it could threaten the generational ...

18 Nov 2024 at 11:23

Police still probing recycling plant three days after bones find

Forensic officers continued to work at a recycling plant where human bones were found at the weekend. Blue forensic tents have been erected inside the Biffa waste processing facility on the outskirts of Hartlepool. Cleveland Police ...

02 Apr 2025 at 21:29

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride says Labour hiding behind an ‘alibi’ over NI rise

The Tories have accused the Government of hiding behind an “alibi” over the increase to national insurance for employers. New shadow chancellor Mel Stride claimed the Labour Party had breached its manifesto as a result of the ...

04 Nov 2024 at 22:13

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