CLA delivers festive farm produce to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Leeds constituency office in bid to make her 'see sense' and meet with farmers over the family farm tax

"My Christmas wish is that the Chancellor would meet, listen and ultimately act on reversing her plans on Inheritance Tax to save our family farms and rural businesses"

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“Our message to the Chancellor is simple – ‘we are not your enemy’.”
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“Our message to the Chancellor is simple – ‘we are not your enemy’.”

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has had a selection of traditional Christmas food staples and farm produce delivered to her Leeds West and Pudsey constituency office to remind her of farming's good nature and...

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