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

Open 51AVÊÓƵSunday are looking for more farmers to get involved in the event in June

Caerfyrddin MP Ann Davies reflects on another difficult year for farmers, the resilience of the rural sector, why Government must implement policies which protects the future of family farming, and why farms must not be caught in the crossfire of Inheritance Tax changes

The Prime Minister has still argued that the principle of applying Inheritance Tax to farms is reasonable, despite announcing a partial U-turn on the policy prior to Christmas

Somerset farmer Cameron Kinch broke down in tears on the show earlier this year when after revealing he would use potential winnings to pay an IHT bill. He said Government should now go one step further in doubling the new £2.5m threshold before April next year

Could the Government's decision to raise the Inheritance Tax threshold be the start of a Labour reset with the countryside?

Efra Committee Chair Alistair Carmichael has praised the spirit, endurance, and resilience of farmers in securing IHT changes, but he has berated the Government for not acting on the industry’s concerns sooner

Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch has urged the Government to go even further in reducing the impact of Inheritance Tax changes on family farms. "You do not punish people who do the right thing, work the land, and keep the country going," Ms Badenoch says

More than a year's worth of campaigning to save Britain's family farms could finally have paid off, but is there still more room for manoeuvre on Inheritance Tax reforms?

NFU president Tom Bradshaw writes on the importance of Labour MPs who abstained on a vote to limit APR and BPR, and why the Prime Minister should do the right thing by protecting elderly and terminally ill farmers from cruel and inhumane Inheritance Tax changes