On Tuesday (19th Nov 2024), Joe Robertson, Conservative Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight East, met with a group of farmers from the Isle of Wight to discuss Labour’s punitive inheritance tax hike for family farms.
The group of thirteen farmers travelled up to London to join the mass protest against the Government’s plan to increase inheritance tax on family farms. Farmers from the East Wight then met with Joe Robertson and Shadow DEFRA Secretary, Victoria Atkins, in Westminster Hall.
A firm supporter of the rural economy
Joe is a firm supporter of farmers and the rural economy having met with the CLA and the NFU on local farm visits since becoming MP.
Estimates say the march saw as many as 15,000 farmers and supporters in Westminster to peacefully protest the decision by Labour to break their promise to not tax farming families.
Robertson: A betrayal of our rural communities
Following the meeting, Joe Robertson MP said,
“The Government is pushing ahead with the new ‘Family Farm Tax’ which is a betrayal of our rural communities, including here on the Island.
“Farming isn’t a job or a career. It is a way of life, and it should be protected. To ask farming families to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax is not credible – particularly when many family farms are struggling to get by.
“I was pleased to meet with five farmers from East Wight today, and I hope my Labour MP colleagues will join me in standing firmly against these changes and call for a U-turn on this misguided decision.”
News shared by the office of Joe Robertson, in their own words. Ed
