During Prime Minister’s Questions the new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch slammed Labour’s “cruel farmers tax” which was announced in the Autumn Budget.
Sir Keir Starmer was accused of “student” politics and under a Tory government they would reverse Rachel Reeve’s inheritance tax changes.
Badenoch asked Labour to “reassure” those farmers who are worried over the inheritance tax changes.
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Badenoch said to Starmer, “We have heard him repeat the lines on the television, ‘fixing the foundations’, and so on.
“What does he say to farmers who are facing uncertainty about their futures as a result of the increased taxes announced by the Chancellor?”
The new Tory leader said they would “reverse Labour’s cruel family farms tax” and asked the Prime Minister to “reassure the farming community.”
She had also said that the Prime Minister is using “scripted lines are showing that he has not even listened to the Budget himself.”
Sir Keir told MPs in the House of Commons, “I’m happy to help the leader of the Opposition. If she’s going to complain about scripted answers, it’s probably best not to read that from a script.
“I’m glad she’s raised farmers. Because the budget last week put £5 billion over the next two years into farming. That’s the single biggest increase, unlike the £300 million which was underspent under the last government.
“But when it comes to inheritance, the vast, vast majority of farmers will be unaffected, as she well knows; as they well know.”
