MP in plea for U-turn on farm inheritance tax


Today is the start of a week’s closure in Parliament. Last week there was a significant item from the e-Petition, 700138 described as ‘Don’t change inheritance tax relief for working farms’ created by Tim Burt. He started with “We think that changing inheritance tax relief for agricultural land will devastate farms nationwide, forcing families to sell land and assets just to stay on their property. We urge the government to keep the current exemptions for working farms.” So far it has over 151,000 signatures approving it which includes a number of Sussex residents with Arundel and South Downs as the largest contributors, followed by signatures in East Sussex and some in Horsham. Soon after Mr Burt published his Petition, Tom Bradshaw from Farmers Guide commented “There’s still time for the Government to accept they’ve got this wrong, and my message to ministers is that they should do the right thing and reverse this awful ‘family farm tax’”. The Horsham, Liberal Democrat MP, John Milne responded to the e-Petition following the contribution from Brian Mathew, the Liberal Democrat MP for Melksham and Devizes who described the challenging situation that small farms are facing.

Brian: “Earlier today I had the opportunity to meet a constituent, Darcy Johnson, and I want to share her and her family’s story. Four generations of Darcy’s family have worked Dogwood farm, which is a small, family-run beef and arable farm of about 250 acres. Her grandfather is the current owner. The plan was always to follow the sensible business advice that they and other farmers were given: to wait until her grandfather’s death to pass the farm on to the next generation. Her parents currently manage the farm, and Darcy is studying agricultural business, hoping to take it on herself later. Generations-worth of planning has followed the suggested advice, but that was suddenly changed overnight with the Budget announcement. Because Darcy’s grandfather is now 92, beyond insurable age, they do not have seven years to wait. If the Government’s plan comes into effect unchanged, Darcy and her family will somehow have to find nearly £500,000 to keep their farm, with barely any notice. If they cannot find the money, because they, like most small farmers, do not have hundreds of thousands of pounds to spare, they will lose their farm—a small, sustainable family business that will likely be replaced by a corporate with no connection to the local community. The Government need to acknowledge the effect that this sudden rise in inheritance tax will have on small family farms—on people whose families have been working hard for generations to put food on Britain’s tables.”

John Milne commented: “It is a fundamental principle that legislation should not be retrospective, but here we have a tax that requires farmers to have acted seven years before they ever knew the tax was going to exist. It is fundamentally wrong and I ask the Government to withdraw the measure.”

Brian Mathew responded by thanking Mr Milne, commenting: “These small family-run businesses cannot afford it. If the plan continues, many will be wiped out completely. Such farms are often the backbone of rural communities, doing everything from clearing snow in winter to providing hay bales for village fairs. The loss of the farms will not only devastate the families that own them, but completely change rural life in England — I would argue for the worse. Farmers like Darcy, who is here with us and travelled up for the day to make her voice heard, need to be given a seat at the table so that they can give the Government useful advice on how to dig themselves out of the hole they have unfortunately dug.”

On the 3rd of February, e-Petition 638449 ‘Require employers to offer career breaks for parents with a seriously ill child’ was set by Christina Harris who stated “My daughter was diagnosed with Leukaemia. I became a full-time nurse overnight. My employer is unable to keep my job open so I have lost my job of 19 years. Employers should be required to grant special breaks for parents in this situation enabling them to return to their jobs afterwards.”. The largest Sussex support for the e-Petition came from Mid Sussex and the MP who took part in the discussion was Alison Bennett the Liberal Democrat for the area.

Alison said that: “I recently spoke to my constituent Kat from Hassocks, whose son Teddy has battled life-threatening neuroblastoma since July 2022. Kat told me that although her employer went above and beyond to support her, she is the exception and not the rule. With many employers either not able or not willing to do so, does the hon. Member agree that it is unacceptable for there to be—in Kat’s words— “a total lottery” regarding whether parents of seriously ill children receive employment support?”

Robbie Moore, the Conservative MP for Keighley and Ilkley responded throughout to each MP who contributed to debates and said: “The hon. Member’s intervention gets to the nub of the why this petition is so important: not all employers are doing the right thing by their employees. That parent may be a single parent or have no support around them, and they can end up in a very difficult situation, having to deal quite immediately with the challenge that they face. A lack of reassurance in the workplace can add to their anxiety.”

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4 Responses to MP in plea for U-turn on farm inheritance tax

  1. JOHN RAYNHAM's avatar JOHN RAYNHAM says:

    24.12.24.
    TO
    robbie.moore.mp@parliament.uk NO REPLY WE ARE EXPOSING HIM IN YORKS + FIVE CRRPT UNIVERSITIES.
    BOGUS HM MP. YORKS. KEIGHLEY ETC
    Please could you send a reply to the mail we have already sent. We remind you that the 1000pp evidence we hold is about manic corruption which has been going on for over 40 yrs yet we find no mention of it by you or the Cons or Lab party’s or the House Commons or the corrupt media. We are preparing extracts from the 1000pp evidence we gathered Cent London and elsewhere over period of 35 yrs. The core of that is Estbl M-Slaughter. We have asked you why you have not noticed Police. HM Courts. Local Govt. Health. Media and other corruption rife in Yorks which is where your ‘Constituency’ is. We would reques6t that you supply your address. We are about to start exposing what we have found within your Constituency and straight away, within minutes we find corruption in Local Govt. It was Local Govt ‘Environment’ Who have told us this- ‘We Take people for a Ride’. That’s bald honesty. Try doing the same? We also demand full profiles of everyone in your office who has access to the mails we sent and the same regarding who presses the buttons to send your outgoings. Include all Lawyers that you avail yourself of to do with your so called job. There was no lawful Election because of corruption in the Electoral Commission and the Local govt organisers who told us packs lies prior to that scam. If you have not replied because of quantity of mail pls supply the most frequent reasons for people contacting you. What topics are represented . Lets say the five most frequent. Whats the first, second,third criteria that you apply when deciding who gets what.

  2. johnraynham's avatar johnraynham says:

    R MPPRE HM MP PART ONE NO REEPLIES.
    FROM LMP.
    29.11.24. To Mr R Moore.MP YORKS.Member of a corrupt Political Org.Who has written to us blaming the Labour Party. if you ever face reality it will be a shock. Part of that reality is the avoidance of communication when it does not suit you. Here’s just a few lines based on 35 yrs experience of UK Govt.Police. Courts. Royals. Charities. Judiciary. Media. Local govt. Dept Health. Universities. Dept n Communities. Victim No support. Charity Commission. Lottery Board. Largest Law Uni In Europe. Euro Parl. All Political Orgs. and so on.
    NO REPLY.
    8.11.24 FROM LMP. Your Mail.Victoria Atkins Ex Enviro Minister.Con Party.Re Farms funding.Theres a bit more to the situation than that. Like for instance 1000 Emails not responded to. The issues incl 30 yrs traipsing London Streets looking for caring people. None were found. The death threats from the HM Law system has failed.1000pp sworn evidence that BBC said should be hidden abroad has been. We also refer to 14000 deaths cover up. The Police violence has failed.You show us one Farmer who cares about our evidence and be sure to provide address. and then we wont offer to expose your activities. Heres the best bit, how come you failed to notice it when it was given to your boss. How about the scams going on at Palace Westminster involving corrupt Electoral Commission. Facebook. Notts Uni. Times Media. and so on. Go on try destroying this crime report.Yours whatever ex Suffolk Farmer 700 years.Want to know about Suffolk ? How about the corrupt Govt ‘Health Expert’ living there.
    R MOORE AGAIN.

  3. johnraynham's avatar johnraynham says:

    R MOORE HM MP PART TWO NO REPLY
    EEC ‘Parl’ to us- ‘NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE COVER UP RE 14000 DEATH OVER 35 YRS OR The CORRUPTION OR THE POLICE ATTACKS ON YOU
    The 1000pp evidence is soon going to go door to door in hard copy form because of the determined attempts by for instance Facebook etc to suppress truth.illegally on the instructions of Uk Govt. Did you honestly think you could repeat 1920-1945 and get away with it?
    Whilst on the subject how come you never noticed that Braverman not only presided over corrupt Home Office and pig ignorant Police. her Husband is busy aligning with totally corrupt Jewish orgs in Herts. Just in case you think we are joking you think we are joking, bear in mind that the intensive analysis we carried out in that area generated just as much evidence as that gathered elsewhere.
    We came here to prevent the Police and others continuing to kill our family. No one in UK assisted us.100s Jewish organizations were contacted about the present UK situation incl life/death issues in London. Brighton. Herts. Manch, none of them responded incl the JC and Jewish Telegraph which mirrors what the UK media told us- ‘NOTHING THAT YOU EXPERIENCED OVER 35 YRS CAN EVER APPEAR IN UK MEDIA
    THE POLICE ATTACKS ON US INCLUDES.
    They told us this- ‘THE PUBLIC MUST BE PREVENTED FROM READING YOUR 1000pp EVIDENCE’. and ‘YOU MUST NOT WARN THE PUBLIC THEY ARE IN DANGER’. and ‘IF YOU PICK UP YOUR FOOD FROM THE GRASS I WILL ARREST YOU’.
    LOCAL GOVT.
    ‘WE TAKE THE PUBLIC FOR A RIDE’. ‘WE DON’T HAVE IDEAS PUT INTO OUR HEADS BY THE PUBLIC. and ‘IF THERE’S ANYTHING WRONG WITH LOCAL GOVT THE PUBLIC MUST GO AND FIND A LAWYER’.
    Packs of lies to us re the illegal election.So there no Govt and therefore no law. Courts in this area openly admit corruption. HM Coroners act as Guardians. We just had someone come round here and blow the whistle on the Probate/Wills/ Trust corruption all enforced by Police.Backed by Royals.Promoted by AGE UK and others. No wonder the Govt tried to prevent the public having firearms.
    ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
    Wide distribution immediately.
    Who is paying you MR MOORE for your fantasies. Whats the amount. Why have you not been given a Royal Award for compliance. Mal funding is at epidemic levels. The regulator is as corrupt as the funders. There’s people round here funded for watching videos whist we were told not to save lives by resolving the public’s Mental Health issues because of earnings.The only thing which has obstructed prison sentences is the suppressive media but Mr Moore and his millions of supporters did not know that. Is that why the Home office attempted to lock us in the building.Oh dear everything you tried to kill us with has failed.In future send truth here not just facts.
    By the way we have been assured that the integrity and Mental Health state of candidates is vetted. Please supply all details of who carried out that activity in your case.What are you doing on Facebook+Twitter. They destroy evidence illegally as does the other media..This issue alone is sufficient to cause you to resign and pay back all the money squandered.ie Wages. House Repairs. Car Expenses. Food. Travel. We live in poverty.Having done work and saved lives when the NHS all but killed them.
    And you would not dare to use this trick will you- ‘THE H/C HAS VERY STRICT RULES ABOUT PREVENTING US FROM COMMUNICATING WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE MY CONSTITUENCY’ Till it suits me. So you did not realize that Yorks Police etc are corrupt eh.Do you think you need specsavers.We think its time to wake up the area you claim to represent. So,according to you ‘THE H/C CARES ABOUT ITS MEMBERS’ does it. Pity it does not do the same re the public because no HM MP has ever answered any questions in 35 yrs..Whist on the same subject every org with a HM prefix was found to be engaging in crrptn. There was no exception. Is it a drug issue because the Cabinet Office says it is.
    Got It? Or Not?
    UNTERMENCHEN. (According to your systems)
    john raynham.

  4. johnraynham's avatar johnraynham says:

    Wide distribution immediately.
    Who is paying you MR MOORE for your fantasies. Whats the amount. Why have you not been given a Royal Award for compliance. Mal funding is at epidemic levels. The regulator is as corrupt as the funders. There’s people round here funded for watching videos whist we were told not to save lives by resolving the public’s Mental Health issues because of earnings.The only thing which has obstructed prison sentences is the suppressive media but Mr Moore and his millions of supporters did not know that. Is that why the Home office attempted to lock us in the building.Oh dear everything you tried to kill us with has failed.In future send truth here not just facts.
    By the way we have been assured that the integrity and Mental Health state of candidates is vetted. Please supply all details of who carried out that activity in your case.What are you doing on Facebook+Twitter. They destroy evidence illegally as does the other media..This issue alone is sufficient to cause you to resign and pay back all the money squandered.ie Wages. House Repairs. Car Expenses. Food. Travel. We live in poverty.Having done work and saved lives when the NHS all but killed them.
    And you would not dare to use this trick will you- ‘THE H/C HAS VERY STRICT RULES ABOUT PREVENTING US FROM COMMUNICATING WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE MY CONSTITUENCY’ Till it suits me. So you did not realize that Yorks Police etc are corrupt eh.Do you think you need specsavers.We think its time to wake up the area you claim to represent. So,according to you ‘THE H/C CARES ABOUT ITS MEMBERS’ does it. Pity it does not do the same re the public because no HM MP has ever answered any questions in 35 yrs..Whist on the same subject every org with a HM prefix was found to be engaging in crrptn. There was no exception. Is it a drug issue because the Cabinet Office says it is.
    Got It? Or Not?

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