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EXCLUSIVE - Tom Bradshaw: "My message to him [Sir Keir Starmer] was simple: there is still time to take action to remove those most at risk from the eye of this storm"

NFU president Tom Bradshaw writes on the importance of Labour MPs who abstained on a vote to limit APR and BPR, and why the Prime Minister should do the right thing by protecting elderly and terminally ill farmers from cruel and inhumane Inheritance Tax changes

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NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "Defying your party is not for the faint-hearted 鈥� it is a brave thing to do 鈥� and they deserve to be applauded for these efforts. Without these abstentions, any progress towards making the Government see that they need to, at the very least, adjust this policy to protect the most vulnerable in our community, would be over."
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NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "Defying your party is not for the faint-hearted 鈥� it is a brave thing to do 鈥� and they deserve to be applauded for these efforts. Without these abstentions, any progress towards making the Government see that they need to, at the very least, adjust this policy to protect the most vulnerable in our community, would be over."

More than a year on since the Government went against its pre-election promise and introduced the family farm tax, the NFU's lobbying continues in earnest. While the Chancellor has listened to our ask...

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