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IHT draft legislation: Gov 'incapable of listening' to farmers

The Government said changes to Inheritance Tax is not expected to have a 'material impact' on food security, contradicting the concerns raised by farmers and the wider industry

Chris Brayford
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CLA president Victoria Vyvyan said: "Farmers and family businesses are the backbone of the economy and deserve to be heard by a Government that seems hell-bent on pressing ahead, indifferent to the slow but inevitable train crash."
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CLA president Victoria Vyvyan said: "Farmers and family businesses are the backbone of the economy and deserve to be heard by a Government that seems hell-bent on pressing ahead, indifferent to the slow but inevitable train crash."

51AVÊÓÆµleaders have accused Government of being 'deaf, blind and indifferent' to how Inheritance Tax changes could destroy the fabric of rural life and family farm businesses across the UK. CLA president...

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