Farmers betrayed by ministers, says NFU as protest reaches Westminster

The head of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has accused the government of an extraordinary “betrayal” over its budget changes to inheritance tax for agricultural properties, as he addressed hundreds of farmers who have travelled to London to lobby their local MPs. Speaking to about 600 farmers at Church House in Westminster, Tom Bradshaw described the government measures as a “stab in the back”, after the sector had been previously told that taxes such as agricultural property relief (APR) would not be changed. “I don’t think I have ever seen the industry this angry, this disillusioned, this upset,” Bradshaw said

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