Savours, the Labour MP for Penrith and Solway, said he would rebel against Rachel Reeves’ Budget measure to extend inheritance tax

A Labour MP has said he would vote against his party’s family farm tax raid as Rachel Reeves faces fresh calls to dump the policy. Markus Campbell-Savours, who represents one of Britain’s most rural constituencies,

The Liberal Democrats have called for the government to exempt "working farms" from its inheritance tax plans. Under plans announced in the Budget, inherited agricultural properties worth more than £1m will be subject to inheritance tax at 20% from April 2026 - having previously been exempt.

I’d vote against inheritance tax changes if real vote held today - Markus Campbell-Savours said he would ‘seek important amendments’ to the policy affecting farmers.

Writing in the Mail as MPs prepare to debate the 'family farm tax' in the Commons this afternoon, Tom Bradshaw says farmers will not 'let this go'