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Government defends farm tax changes as support for protests swells

Farmers are planning a mass lobby of MPs and rally next week in Parliament.

Evening Standard

Farmers’ inheritance tax figures are crystal clear, says Environment Secretary

Steve Reed faced questions in the Commons over whether the Government had checked its sums on the tax change before the Budget.

Evening Standard

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak returns to Commons as backbencher

The MP for Richmond and Northallerton resigned as Conservative leader after the party’s worst electoral defeat in its history.

Evening Standard

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Farmers may never trust Labour again after inheritance tax change, say Tories

Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins said the policy will affect family farmers and tenant farmers rather than big companies.

Evening Standard

King reveals regret at not visiting Fiji on royal tour

Charles spoke to the High Commissioner of Fiji during an international sustainability conference at Buckingham Palace.

Evening Standard

Labour accused of ‘traumatising’ farmers in ‘tractor tax’ raid amid warning over mental health crisis

MPs and farmers have attacked the government’s decision to extend inheritance tax to family farms

The Independent UK

NFU rejects Treasury claim that 72% of farms won’t pay inheritance tax

Union says Defra figures show far more farmers will be hit by budget proposal and warns of ‘militant protest’ to come

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Starmer warned over ‘militant’ backlash by farmers over inheritance ‘tractor tax’

Farmers are getting increasingly angry about the controversial plan to impose inheritance tax on many family farms as an MP warns that it will add to a severe mental health crisis in the sector

The Independent UK

Farmers call for inheritance tax U-turn ahead of crunch talks with ministers

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said inheritance tax would be ‘the final straw’ for farmers after Brexit, rising prices and climate change.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of angry farmers to hold protest in London over Labour’s ‘death tax’ on their land

Farm owners threaten to grind capital to a halt with their tractors and other large machinery

Evening Standard

Environment secretary insists ‘tractor tax’ will only impact minority as farmers say they’ve been lied to

It comes after the PM was accused of lying to farmers after the government extended inheritance tax to family farms for the first time in history

The Independent UK

Tension, anger and frustration ‘so tangible’ among farmers after Budget – NFU

Britain’s farmers and growers will take part in a mass lobby of their MPs later this month.

Evening Standard

UK politics: Budget’s ‘clean bill of health’ from watchdogs should reassure investors, says Reeves – as it happened

Chancellor, on a post-budget visit to Newcastle, says ‘markets move all the time’

The Guardian - UK

Why UK farmers may be left worse off by the budget

Critics say changes to inheritance tax and nature-friendly subsidies could break up family farms and risk food security

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‘It won’t wash’: Environment secretary’s bid to cosy up to water pollution protesters backfires

Steve Reed’s letter to campaign groups ahead of demonstration met with anger from those who say he has ignored the key issue of privatisation

The Guardian - UK

Budget cuts mean farmers in England ‘must do more with less’

UK ‘among most nature-depleted countries in the world’ warns environment secretary

The Guardian - UK

Hard-hit Defra to have budget slashed further despite warnings

Department’s finances were slashed during austerity and campaigners say more cuts will stall progress to meet nature and climate targets

Evening Standard

Thames Water: Why does the struggling water firm need emergency funding?

Thames Water has said it is seeking up to £3 billion in emergency loans in order to stay afloat until at least October next year.

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Evening Standard

Demand for drinking water could outstrip supply by mid-2030s, Government warns

Environment Secretary Steve Reed stressed the need for more reservoirs and better water infrastructure.

The National (Scotland)

Nationalising water in England 'would cost £100bn and won't resolve issues'

THE UK and Welsh governments have announced the largest review of the water sector since privatisation – as the Environment Secretary claimed…

Evening Standard

Nationalising water would cost up to £100bn and not resolve problems – Reed

The Environment Secretary ruled out the move as he launched an independent review of the sector.

Fortune

Keir Starmer shrugs off Trump’s accusation that the Labour Party is meddling in U.S. elections—but insists he wants to remain friends

“The interference is occurring in plain sight,” the letter from the Trump campaign’s legal team says.

The Independent UK

Drinking water shortage could hit UK homes in 15 years, minister warns

Environment secretary Steve Reed sounded the alarm as Labour bids to fix broken sector after series of sewage scandals - but rules out nationalisation

Evening Standard

Environment Secretary says free football tickets were not from water company

Steve Reed said free football tickets worth nearly £1,800 that he declared were from a telecoms company, not a water firm.

The Independent UK

Environment minister confronted over accepting football tickets linked to water pollution company

Environment secretary Steve Reed has been confronted over accepting football tickets linked to a water pollution company.

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