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Jeremy Clarkson says authorities ought to ‘again down’ on farmers’ inheritance tax as he joins London protest

By Editorial Board Published November 19, 2024 4 Min Read
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Jeremy Clarkson says authorities ought to ‘again down’ on farmers’ inheritance tax as he joins London protest

The previous High Gear presenter, who beforehand stated one of many fundamental causes he determined to purchase a farm within the Cotswolds was to keep away from inheritance tax, joined hundreds who gathered in Westminster to protest in opposition to the federal government’s resolution.

An estimated 13,000 farmers from throughout the UK braved the frosty climate in central London to name for the scrapping of plans to impose a 20% inheritance tax from April 2026 on farms value greater than £1m.

Since saying the measure in final month’s price range, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confronted a backlash from farmers who declare the tax, which is half the same old fee, will destroy household farms and threaten meals provide.

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Farmers’ protest at Westminster

Clarkson, who fronts Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm which paperwork the trials of farming on his land in Oxfordshire, stated it was unsure what would occur if the federal government didn’t heed farmers’ calls, including: “The British aren’t very good at protesting.”

In the course of the protest, crowds held placards which branded Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as ‘the farmer harmer”, while others read “no farmers, no meals, no future”.

As anger grows, there continues to be disagreement between the Nationwide Farmer’s Union and the federal government over what number of farms will truly be impacted by the change.

The Treasury says solely the wealthiest estates, round 500 of them, should pay below the brand new guidelines – claiming 72% of farms is not going to be impacted.

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MP says farmers could be 'happily' wrong about impact of tax

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MP says farmers might be ‘fortunately’ flawed about tax

Showing earlier than MPs on the Surroundings, Meals and Rural Affairs Committee, Surroundings Secretary Steve Reed was instructed there are “a lot more than 500 (farmers) here saying they’re going to be affected” and requested whether or not they had been flawed.

He replied: “Well, assuming these projections from HMRC, validated by the OBR [Office for Budget Responsibility] and IFS [Institute for Fiscal Studies], are correct then many of them, probably happily, are wrong because there are things that they can do to plan their tax affairs as most businesses or asset owners would do to limit their liability.

“The numbers I’ve heard bandied round are huge and really, very horrifying if folks had been to consider them.”

Jeremy Clarkson joins the farmers protest in central London

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He stated figures being utilized by critics had been primarily based on Defra knowledge on the worth of farms “and then people have drawn a straight line to an inheritance tax liability, but you can’t do that, because ownership is much more complex than one person, one farm”.

He added: “Of course we want family farming to continue, just as it always has done.”

Talking as he joined world leaders for a G20 assembly within the South American nation, Mr Starmer stated fairly than a category struggle, his authorities is taking a “balanced approach” to “fill a black hole” within the public funds.

He stated the modifications to inheritance tax will solely affect a “typical” case with estates value greater than £3m.

The PM then reiterated the speed remains to be solely 20% and payable over 10 years.

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