Quarter of England's farmland owned by just 2,500 toffs and fatcats, new figures show
There are more than 100,000 farm holdings in England, covering 22 million acres in total. But the Defra data show just 2,568 ...
Rachel Reeves faces calls to reveal whether she inadvertently tipped off a Labour MP with a 2,200-acre family estate about her crippling inheritance tax raid on farms
The parents of Henry Tufnell, elected in July in Mid and South Pembrokeshire, transferred their Upper Colne Farm and Stud to ...
Farmer vote to put Starmer under pressure from rural Labour MPs
Wednesday’s opposition day to debate controversial inheritance tax raid as backbench Labour MPs urged ‘to back British ...
The country full of British expats where you can avoid Rachel Reeves' next tax raid
Thousands of Brits are flocking to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to not only get guaranteed year-round sunshine, but to not ...
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'Dogs and owners taking over Northallerton Sports Village'
Not only are the weeds taking over the allotments (D&S Times, Nov 15) but dogs and their owners are taking over the rest of the ...
Labour's tax bomb budget causes business confidence to crash to lowest levels since Covid as entrepreneurs accuse Rachel Reeves of undermining growth
The shocking new findings reveal the entrepreneurs are unhappy at Chancellor Rachel Reeve's record tax rises and shrinking ...
Rachel Reeves is in a mess of her own making
The Chancellor’s first Budget has been badly received by both businesses and consumers. Their confidence has plummeted.
Which Archers farms will be obliterated by Labour’s inheritance tax
For more than 70 years, BBC listeners have been enthralled by the trials and tribulations of rural life in Ambridge – home to ...
Venture capital trusts have backed British businesses for 30 years... but should you invest in one?
VCTs offer investors the chance to back innovative British firms they wouldn't ordinarily be able to access - but they also ...
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'The system has to work differently': Minister vows to 'reform the machine of government' as Starmer looks to reset
A Labour minister has warned that "the system has to work differently" if the government is to achieve its aims in power.
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‘Christmas cancelled’: The growing influence of US Christian right on UK politics and media
Tune into GB News (if you dare), and you'd swear Christmas was on the brink of collapse, with its flood of headlines about "banned carols,” Santa volunteers being "sacked," and "Christian outrage" ...
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UK business confidence lowest since COVID pandemic
Britain’s Institute of Directors (IoD) said on Sunday that optimism among its members had fallen to the lowest since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, following tax rises in Finance Minister Rachel ...