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Aylseford farmers protest on Farming Day of Unity.
KentOnline / KMTV
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27/01/2025
Farmers protested in car parks and at supermarkets across Kent, highlighting their concerns for new inheritance tax policies.
Henry Luck reports.
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It's not every day you see two giant tractors parked outside your local Sainsbury's, but
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being the NFU's farming day of unity, they're making sure their campaign against changes
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to inheritance tax stays on track.
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Many will remember how thousands of farmers across the country came to Westminster to
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protest the controversial introduction of a 20% inheritance tax to farms worth more
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than £1m and the farming day of unity gives them the chance to thank the public for their
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support and voice their opinions on a local level.
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Speaking to the farmers just now, here's what they've had to say to me about the importance
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of why they're outside supermarkets and the importance of bringing farmer related issues
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to the public.
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We are not getting anywhere with trying to convince the government they've made a mistake.
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They're not listening to us.
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We can't get any interview with the treasury or with Rachel Reeves and so we can't put
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our case across that although we understand the target they were trying to hit, they've
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completely missed the target and all they're going to do is attack the family farms that
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produce the food that this country so desperately needs and that is just madness.
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We already have a number of tax planning things in place, but we're still going to have to
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look very hard at how we pass on the agricultural assets to the next generation who are looking
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to take it on.
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However, a statement from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says the
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government is still devoted to farmers and their produce.
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They'll also be introducing larger budgets and reforms which will help farmers financially
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for at least the next decade.
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As farmers worry for their future, they hope the Farming Day of Unity has planted a seed
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in the hearts and minds of the public which will give them food for thought.
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Henry Lark in Aylesford for Kaine TV.
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