I looked out of the window of my parliamentary office today to see hundreds of tractors driven by farmers fill Whitehall in protest at the Labour Government’s #familyfarmtax It was an amazing sight to behold!

The future of farmers across the country will be the focus of a major Parliamentary vote next week in an effort to overturn Labour’s vindictive Family Farm Tax. Despite the Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Environment Secretary Steve Reed previously promising to protect farmers, under this Government proposal more than 100,000 farms across the country will be hit by new inheritance tax laws. 

They will be devastating for family farms and pose a serious risk to domestic food security and food prices. Next Wednesday, the Conservatives will force a vote and ask Labour MPs whether they will take the chance to back British farmers. An Opposition Day Debate will discuss the Family Farm Tax and give all MPs, including Labour MPs, the chance to say no to the Government’s cruel plans. I am among those urging everyone to vote against the tax as Labour’s political choice to target farmers is a cruel blow to the industry and will affect workers and consumers across the country.

You can support our nation’s farmers and send a clear message to the Labour Government to stop the family farm tax by signing petition on this website: www.stopthefarmtax.com