Morrisons: ‘We share farmers’ concern’ over inheritance tax hike
Morrisons has sent a message to the farming community, offering support and sharing its concerns for the government’s proposed changes to inheritance tax.
The changes, which were first outlined in the Autumn Budget, will see a 20% levy against inheritance agriculture land worth more than £1m from April 2026, which farmers have argued will put the security of farming and the UK’s food sector at risk.
In a video message posted to social media, the grocer’s head of agriculture Sophie Throup said: “We understand your anger and your frustrations at the inheritance tax – and we’re with you.
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“We share your concerns about the long-term future the inheritance tax is going to have on farms – particularly smaller, family farms – and we know that you want something done about it.
“We’ve been raising these concerns at the highest level of government since November last year and we will continue to do so.”
A message to British Farmers from Morrisons – we’re with you and support you 💪 pic.twitter.com/9hfp1pluBj
— Morrisons (@Morrisons) January 11, 2025
It comes as farmers are planning to escalate protests against the inheritance tax early this year, through the blockading of supermarket distribution centres.
The radical action, which according to The Telegraph, could occur as early as mid-January, could see farmer protest groups using tractor blockages to coordinate nationwide mass “complete shutdowns” of supermarket distribution centres.
The proposed action would also occur alongside other protests planned by the sector, including demonstrations outside parliament during a ‘national day of unity’ on 25 January by the National Farmers Union, which said it will “not stop” until the tax is subject to consultation and “proper scrutiny”.
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Pay your tax like everyone else! Before 1984 the exemption you’ve got at the moment didn’t even exist, and farming didn’t fall apart. Why would it now – particularly as you’d still be paying only half what the rest of us pay.
You seem to be a sheep, blind to the fact that the government is taxing farmers to the rafters so much that it’s forcing them to sell off land to developers on the cheap (no surprises there) to build new homes with next to no infrastructure.