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Opinion and blogs

OPINION: "Íæż½ã½ã are not making anywhere near enough to begin paying IHT, even over 10 years"

OPINION: "Íæż½ã½ã are not making anywhere near enough to begin paying IHT, even over 10 years"

Online editor Emily Ashworth talks about the consumer perception of farming regarding the Inheritance Tax discussion

Politics
Emily Ashworth
clock 28 February 2025 • 1 min read
Farm Business

Tim Farron: "I cannot remember a time when farmers were treated so badly by those in power"

clock 28 February 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

From the editor: "In any other year, those announcements would have been met with applause. Instead, Mr Reed stood red-faced and on the wrong side of farmers' frustrations"

clock 27 February 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

Llyr Gruffydd MS on IHT: "The policy is unforgivable and utterly counter-productive'

clock 27 February 2025 • 4 min read
Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "The mega storm had blown a sizeable chunk out of our lambing plans"

clock 26 February 2025 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Kirsten Henry: "Enjoy the journey, embrace risk, and just go for it"

clock 26 February 2025 • 2 min read
Sheep

From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 min read
Professor David Rose: "Government, including Defra, must recognise that their language and actions can be one of the major causes of poor farmer wellbeing"

Mental Health

Professor David Rose: "Government, including Defra, must recognise that their language and actions can be one of the major causes of poor farmer wellbeing"

Professor Rose has provided five tips for Government to tackle both causes of, and support for, poor farmer wellbeing

clock 25 February 2025 • 4 min read
Letters: "Surely a better option would be to scrap APR altogether, but with exemptions"

Politics

Letters: "Surely a better option would be to scrap APR altogether, but with exemptions"

FG reader Frank Brown offers his proposed solution to closing the tax avoidance loophole in Agricultural Property Relief (APR)

clock 25 February 2025 • 2 min read
Labour MP Steve Witherden on IHT: "I asked the Treasury to raise the threshold to target the tax-dodging multinationals... there is still time for this to be put right"

Politics

Labour MP Steve Witherden on IHT: "I asked the Treasury to raise the threshold to target the tax-dodging multinationals... there is still time for this to be put right"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Steve Witherden, Labour MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

clock 24 February 2025 • 3 min read