Deputy First Minister empathises with Welsh farmers over Inheritance Tax changes and urges Treasury to 'listen'

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw-Irranca Davies spoke with our chief reporter Rachael Brown about updates to the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), Hybu Cig Cymru facing allegations of 'toxic culture', IHT changes and impact on Welsh farmers, and the upcoming budget in Wales and what this means for SFS

26 November 2024 鈥� 4 min read

Wales' Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw-Irranca Davies said he has 鈥榚mpathy' with Welsh farmers and encourages Defra Ministers and the Treasury to 鈥榣isten'...

Farmers need more than an IHT tweak, says H&H

Tim Sedgewick, a director at H&H Land & Estates, welcomed the rise in the inheritance tax thresholds but calls for much more for farmers

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Campaigners seek High Court ruling to question Ed Miliband's 'desecration' of farmland for solar

Goole and Pocklington MP David Davis said solar infrastructure not only places a risk to food security, but also the quality of life for countryside communities, the natural environment and surrounding wildlife

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France to tighten import rules after farmer protests

In a letter to farmers, the Prime Minister has promised to take a common sense approach

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