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NFUS says IHT has left elderly and terminally ill farmers facing an 'intolerable and inhumane dilemma'

The union has called on the Government to remove the ‘anti-forestalling clause' in an attempt to protect vulnerable farmers

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NFUS president Andrew Connon has called on the Government to scrap the ‘anti-forestalling clause’ in the family farm tax Finance Bill
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NFUS president Andrew Connon has called on the Government to scrap the ‘anti-forestalling clause’ in the family farm tax Finance Bill

NFU Scotland is calling for the removal of the ‘anti-forestalling clause' in the family farm tax Finance Bill, which it said has left elderly and terminally ill farmers facing an ‘intolerable and inhumane...

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