Solihull West & Shirley MP, Dr. Neil Shastri-Hurst, voted against the Family Farm Tax that Government are imposing on farming communities as part of their campaign to scrap the tax.
Despite the Government’s previously promising to protect farmers, under Government proposals, more than 75% of farms across the country will be hit by new inheritance tax laws.
They will be devastating for family farms and pose a serious risk to domestic food security and food prices. The Government and the Prime Minister do not have a plan to get a grip on the public finances, and are now punishing farmers because of their failures.
Conservatives across the United Kingdom will continue to campaign to get the Labour Government to scrap the Family Farm and Business tax that will damage British Farming and Family Businesses.
Among those who voted to axe the Family Farm and Business Tax is Solihull West & Shirley MP, Neil Shastri-Hurst MP, who says the Government’s political choice to target farmers is a cruel blow to the industry and that the Government must do the right thing and not implement the Family Farm Tax.
Commenting, Neil Shastri-Hurst MP said:
“I joined fellow Conservative colleagues in standing against Labour’s Family Farm and Business Tax, because it would place hundreds of thousands of family farms, rural businesses and local communities at risk, including those here in Solihull West & Shirley,” Dr Shastri-Hurst said.
“Labour must urgently rethink this approach. There are 127 farms across Solihull Metropolitan Borough alone, and many more like them across the country, producing the food we rely on every single day.”
“Beyond the impact on individual families, this tax would weaken Britain’s food security and undermine our national resilience at a time when global supply chains are already under strain.”
“If this tax is allowed to go ahead, it will undermine the viability of family farming and do lasting damage to British agriculture. People here and across the country will not forgive a policy that threatens the future of our farming industry.”
