5 hours ago British beer is under threat because of the farmers inheritance tax row, boozers warned

British beer could be wiped out because of the Government's "tractor tax" which threatens the integrity of British beer produce from start to finish, according to experts

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12 hours ago Farmers make fresh stand against Keir Starmer's tax grab: More than 100 tractors descend on Dover in protest against inheritance tax raid

Farmers from across Kent and Sussex have joined the protest today to call on the government to reverse its plans impose a 20% inheritance tax (IHT) on farm assets worth £1 million.

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13 hours ago Ministers urged to reveal impact of inheritance tax on Northern Irish farms

The shadow Northern Ireland secretary said farmers are ‘deeply concerned’ about Labour’s family farms tax.

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13 hours ago More than 100 tractors head for Dover as farmers launch fresh protest against Keir Starmer's inheritance tax grab

Farmers from across Kent and Sussex have joined the protest today to call on the government to reverse its plans impose a 20% inheritance tax (IHT) on farm assets worth £1 million.

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16 hours ago Australia’s mission improbable: crack the genius of Jasprit Bumrah in 10 days | Barney Ronay

India’s supreme fast bowler destroyed the top order in Perth and the hosts have little time to avoid a second Test repeatTest cricket is supposed to be cruel. This is a key aspect of its beauty. This thing hurts. It will seek out your weakest points and then very carefully and skilfully gouge its nails into the wound. But is it meant to be this cruel?There was something tender, painful and even a little disturbing about what Jasprit Bumrah did to Marnus Labuschagne during the first Border-Gavaskar Test in Perth. In the space of 23 Bumrah deliveries Labuschagne was dropped, hit in the ribs, beaten five times, left completely scoreless, and basically de-cricketed, reduced to a series of strange, formless movements, stabbing at the ball like an under-gardener swatting midges in the dark. C...

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16 hours ago Keir Starmer refuses to say taxes won't rise AGAIN during PMQs clashes despite Rachel Reeves making the vow to business

In bad-tempered clashes at PMQs, Keir Starmer insisted he was 'not going to write the next five years of Budgets right here at this despatch box'.

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16 hours ago Russia’s rouble plunges to lowest rate since early weeks of Ukraine war

Rouble hit 110 against the dollar after US introduced sanctions against Gazprombank, Russia’s third-largest bankRussia’s rouble has plunged to its lowest rate against the dollar since the early weeks of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the wake of new western sanctions and growing geopolitical tensions.The rouble on Wednesday hit 110 against the dollar for the first time since 16 March 2022. Before launching its war on Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian currency traded at around 75-80 against the US dollar. Continue reading...

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21 hours ago My family has grown Britain’s food for 140 years. Here’s what politicians don’t understand about farming | Clare Wise

We’ve cared for our farm through war, pandemic and money worries. The inheritance tax row shows how little the government respects thatClare Wise is a farmer based in County DurhamIf you are familiar with the pangs of parental guilt, then you can relate to owning a farm. Take that gut-wrenching, often irrational feeling, amplify it, and welcome to being a farmer. From the moment you’re born into a family farm, there’s a weight of expectation on you to look after it, to put it before yourself, to uphold your family’s pride. All farm kids know they don’t open presents on Christmas morning until the animals are fed, that parents miss special occasions because cows are calving, and that hopes of a foreign holiday are almost nil, at least on a livestock farm such as mine.Owning a farm is lik...

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