Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
Will Hutton did an interesting piece in The Observer yesterday. If his take is right (he has always been very careful with his numbers) there will be 500 rich farmers affected each year tops, and the tractor convoys organised by the NFU claiming small hill farmers will be driven under by inheritance tax changes are all bollux:

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-rural-britain
The difference of course is that the asset is fundamental to the job of farming. Owning land may be an asset to me, to sell or develop etc, but for farms it is a requirement of the job.

It does seem another mistake from the government to me. An unnecessary fight and a risky one given the importance and fragility of the sector