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Farm inheritance tax: farmers cannot go green if they are in the red

By Alex Heffron, PhD Candidate in Geography, Lancaster University

In villages across the country, irate farmers have accused the government of trying to end the tradition of the family farm by scrapping agricultural property relief, a measure which previously sheltered farms from having to pay inheritance tax on farmland.

Since Brexit a consensus has emerged that farmers should have to produce public goods in order to receive public payments. These “goods” include enhanced biodiversity, which could oblige…

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