The Farmers Weekly Podcast

Budget uproar - call for peaceful protest, life insurance and inheritance tax, tax on farm pick-ups, basic payment phase-out, future for family farms


Listen Later

In this episode, industry leaders urge farmers not to take direct action following the government’s decision to impose inheritance tax on farmland.

Thousands of farmers are expected to descend on London after the Budget announcement sent shockwaves through the industry.

The protest will coincide with what the NFU is describing as a ‘mass lobbying’ of MPs to get the government decision reversed.

The inheritance tax facing farmers following the Budget has understandably grabbed all the headlines.

But the Chancellor also unveiled many more measures affecting agriculture.

They included company car tax on farm pick-ups, an increase in employers national insurance – and the faster phase out of direct payments.

Life insurance could be one way of mitigating the impact of inheritance tax on farmland.

But farmers are urged to take advice rather than making rash decisions.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and specialist arable reporter Louise Impey.

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email [email protected].

In the UK, you can also message us by texting the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Farmers Weekly PodcastBy Farmers Weekly

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

7 ratings


More shows like The Farmers Weekly Podcast

View all
Farming Today by BBC Radio 4

Farming Today

66 Listeners

Money Box by BBC Radio 4

Money Box

42 Listeners

Open Country by BBC Radio 4

Open Country

87 Listeners

Gardeners' Question Time by BBC Radio 4

Gardeners' Question Time

281 Listeners

The Food Programme by BBC Radio 4

The Food Programme

266 Listeners

AHDB Food & Farming by AHDB

AHDB Food & Farming

1 Listeners

Rugby Union Weekly by BBC Radio 5 Live

Rugby Union Weekly

357 Listeners

The Pasture Pod by Michael Blanche

The Pasture Pod

9 Listeners

Dewing Grain Podcast by Dewing Grain

Dewing Grain Podcast

8 Listeners

Which? by Which?

Which?

11 Listeners

Meet the Farmers by Ben Eagle, RuralPod Media

Meet the Farmers

2 Listeners

The Farmers Guardian Podcast by Farmers Guardian

The Farmers Guardian Podcast

3 Listeners

For The Love Of Rugby by Crowd Network

For The Love Of Rugby

81 Listeners

Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith by Ben Goldsmith

Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith

46 Listeners

FED by Farmers Podcast by FED by Farmers

FED by Farmers Podcast

28 Listeners