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Farming Matters: "The 'family farm tax' conjures up some image of a bucolic rural idyll which is being destroyed"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Andy Welford, a dairy farmer from Scaling, near Saltburn, offers his views on the Inheritance Tax fallout

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Farming Matters: "The 'family farm tax' conjures up some image of a bucolic rural idyll which is being destroyed"

Amid the deluge of opposition to the Inheritance Tax (IHT) changes announced at the last Budget, I would like to make a few points. I speak as a ‘family farmer'. We have 400 acres, mostly owned, and...

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