The Family Farm Tax: another nail in the coffin of agriculture in Wales?

Agriculture is one of the cornerstones of the economy and indeed of wider society in Mid and West Wales.

Our family farms support a way of life that has existed for centuries, support community life in all its diversity and of course contribute greatly to the local economy.

Furthermore, 43% of those working in the sector are Welsh speakers, the highest of any industry in Wales, and it is responsible for maintaining traditional Welsh-speaking communities in large parts of the language’s traditional strongholds.

That is why Plaid Cymru and I are so concerned about the effects of the Westminster Government’s policy to change the inheritance tax for agricultural assets – the so-called ‘Family Farm Tax.’

It is also why Llŷr Huws Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd and our party’s spokesperson for rural affairs, led a debate in the Senedd recently calling on the Welsh Government to use their ‘partnership in........

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