Ministers have been told to delay reforms to farming inheritance tax over concerns that the changes threaten to hit 'the most vulnerable' in the countryside.
The Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Efra), which includes seven Labour MPs, said the Government had failed to properly consult on the policy, leaving its potential impact 'disputed and unclear'.
The decision announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves last year has sparked a major backlash from farmers and mass tractor demonstrations in Westminster.
In a report published on Friday, Efra called on the Government to push back announcing its final agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) reforms until October 2026, to come into effect in April 2027.
The group of MPs suggested that doing so would 'allow for better formulation of tax policy' and protect 'vulnerable farmers' who would have more time to seek professional advice.
