At last year's Budget, Rachel Reeves provoked fury in the farming community by announcing plans to scrap inheritance tax relief for farms valued over £1m - leaving many farming families suddenly vulnerable to a 20pc tax when handing land and assets to the next generation.

The so-called Family Farm Tax has sparked countless campaigns - including the EDP's Fair Deal for Farmers campaign - and protests including this year's Budget day demonstration which led to several arrests after farmers drove tractors in Whitehall, defying a last-minute ban on agricultural machinery by........

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