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Watch: Ex-Blair aide takes a pop at Britain’s farmers

13 November 2024

12:07 AM

13 November 2024

12:07 AM

Farmers across the country have been in uproar since Rachel Reeves’s Budget. Just weeks ago the Chancellor announced that agricultural land and property worth over £1 million would be subject to an inheritance tax – sparking widespread outrage among family farmers fearing for the future of their businesses. Yet while Sir Keir Starmer and his Rural Affairs Secretary Steve Reed have been busy trying to placate landowners across the country, former Tony Blair adviser John McTernan opted for a somewhat, um, alternative approach on GB News.

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