OPINION - The Standard View: Labour may defeat the farmers, but at a cost

It is the post-Budget battle the Government did not necessarily anticipate: Labour versus the farmers. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) held a mass lobby of MPs this morning, calling on their representatives to oppose the imposition of inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million. That is not all. Thousands more are expected to descend on Whitehall for a rally.