But in the wake of Labour’s controversial tax raid on farmers, the future he imagined – and has worked all his life to achieve – is at risk.“We are looking at losing 20 per cent of the farm per generation,

Under changes announced in the Budget, farms worth more than £1 million will be liable for inheritance tax. Changes to inheritance tax for farmers announced in last week’s Budget have prompted a furious backlash, with calls from farming and rural organisations to reverse the move. Here are some of the key questions answered.

The National Farming Union will meet with the Environment Secretary on Monday amid growing anger over the decision to make farms subject to inheritance tax. | ITV National News

Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to meet farmers over the impact of his inheritance tax raid.On Tuesday, Tom Bradshaw, the president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), called for talks with the Prime Minister and Rachel Reeves,

Farmers are getting increasingly angry about the controversial plan to impose inheritance tax on many family farms

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves defended her move to levy inheritance tax on UK landowners who pass down agricultural property to their children, after critics said the move would hurt the sector and lead to the breakup of family farms.

Three quarters of food produced by British farmers will be hit by Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid, the industry has warned.

The NFU President has said that many farmers “want to be militant” over the government’s changes to inheritance tax relief.

Farmers across the UK have met the news that inheritance tax relief for farms will be limited to £1m with anger. The National Farmers' Union said it had been a “disastrous budget” for family farms, that would “snatch away the next generation’s ability to carry on producing British food” and see farmers forced to sell land to pay the tax.