6,000 farms reportedly close following implementation of new agricultural levy under Rachel Reeves's policy

Record number of farms close in wake of ’tractor tax’ raid

Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves has faced a furious backlash over her decision to extend inheritance tax

UK farm crisis as rural businesses close at record rate after Reeves' tax raid

Labour's 'disastrous tax policies' have been blamed for the steep downward trend, which critics say has 'pushed British farming to the brink'.

Farms close at record rate after inheritance tax raid

More than 6,000 agriculture, forestry and fishing businesses shut over the past year since Labour’s October budget

Rachel Reeves's 'Tractor Tax' sparks mass closures as 6,000 farms shut after death levy raid

Thousands of farms have been forced to close down after Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed

Record number of farms shut in wake of inheritance tax raid

Labour’s ‘disastrous policies’ blamed as more than 6,000 businesses close

Record number of UK farms close as inheritance tax change sparks backlash

More than 6,300 farms, forestry and fishing businesses have closed in the past year, according to official data, the highest number since records began in 2017