Brittiska bönder protesterar mot en kommande arvskatt på 20% | NTD NYHETER

Thousands of farmers behind me here in London want the government to scrap an incoming 20% inheritance tax on farmland. Now the government is bringing this tax because they say public services in Britain are crumbling and that farmers should pay their fair share for schools and health services. But farmers say they feel betrayed because while they are asset rich they are cash poor and they worry that they won't be able to pass on land to their children that has been in The farmers warn that they will need to sell off the land to pay the taxes, something they are very unwilling to do. William Jordan says that his farm has been in the family's property for four generations, since his grandfather's father. An opinion shared by the former executive director of the Countryside Alliance. The 20% inheritance tax on farmland will be introduced in 2026. It will apply to farms that are worth more than 1 million pounds, about 14 million crowns. Farmers have a tax relief of 100% which has helped family farming to be carried on for generations. The British Minister of the Environment, Steve Reid, said that most farms will not be affected by the tax change. The only ones that will be affected, and it will be around 500, will be the very wealthiest or the biggest farms. They can plan their tax affairs just like any other business plans their tax affairs as well. Possibly sell a 20% share of the farm or the land to be able to cover the tax bill. For us it's going to work out probably around about 600,000 we're gonna have to find. Including the youngest generation. The Conservative Party's Minister of the Environment, Victoria Atkins, said that so many farmers come to London is a clear sign of their concern. This Labour government, which is a city-dwelling, socialist government, that does not understand the countryside, must now listen to farmers because I've never known farmers this angry or this distressed about their futures.