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A Labour peer has warned Keir Starmer he risks “turning the countryside into a no-go zone” for the party with its attack on farmers.
Baroness Ann Mallalieu, president of the Countryside Alliance, suggested Rachel Reeves’ Budget risks “alienating Labour in the countryside”. Some 190 Labour MPs hold seats with at least some part of them being rural, an analysis by her group showed.
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Baroness Mallalieu said: “It would be foolish to underestimate the overwhelming public support for our farmers.
“They are part of the national fabric. The recent Budget and the subsequent fall out since then- which has only worsened- risks alienating Labour in the countryside and undoing a huge amount of good work in the years building up to the General Election by Keir Starmer and others. We have been here before as a party and we now risk turning the countryside into a no-go zone for Labour again.
“This would be a disaster and action must be taken to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. Focus must be on mending the relationship between the Government and farmers and for Whitehall to be seen as doing things for the countryside, rather than just to it.
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“Farmers are not going to give up and a long, bitter battle between them and the Government is an incredibly bad look for our party which may once again haunt us for a generation.”
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Nearly 200 of Keir Starmer's MPs are in seats that include rural areas (Image: Getty)
Several Labour MPs have urged the Government to pause its inheritance tax raid on farmers. Some of Sir Keir’s furious MPs in rural seats formed the Labour Rural Growth Group just before Christmas, the Express understands.
The paper has been told that it was created because individual MPs, especially newer ones, were worried of approaching the Chancellor alone.
The Chancellor in October announced that from April 2026, combined agricultural and business property assets up to ￡1 million will still receive 100% relief but anything above that will be taxed at an effective rate of 20%.
The Daily Express’s Save Britain’s Family Farms crusade has demanded a U-turn. Tonia Antoniazzi, Labour MP for Gower, said publicly last week she supported he National Farmers Union's call for a pause on the government's proposed changes to inheritance tax.
She added: “We need time to gather information to determine the full impact the changes will have to family farms in Wales.”
Speaking during a Westminster Hall debate, David Smith MP asked whether “the relief element of the policy could be recalibrated”.
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While Julia Buckley MP (Shrewsbury) asked for “a temporary transitional extension to the taper” so that older farmers could pass assets to the next generation. Labour has been contacted for comment.
Labour has been contacted for comment.
A Government spokeswoman said: “Our commitment to farmers remains steadfast.
“This Government will invest ￡5 billion into farming over the next two years, the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history. We are going further with reforms to boost profits for farmers by backing British produce and reforming planning rules on farms to support food production.
“Our reform to Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs will mean farmers will pay a reduced inheritance tax rate of 20%, rather than the standard 40% for other businesses, and payments can be spread over 10 years, interest-free. This is a fair and balanced approach, which fixes the public services we all rely on, affecting around 500 estates a year.”
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Full list of 190 Labour seats at risk because of Keir Starmer's attack on the countryside
Oldham East and Saddleworth
North Durham
Weston-super-Mare
Lothian East
North Somerset
Runcorn and Helsby
Buckingham and Bletchley
Gower
Lowestoft
Reading West and Mid Berkshire
St Helens North
Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Corby and East Northamptonshire
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Forest of Dean
Redditch
Hartlepool
Ossett and Denby Dale
Worthing West
Mid Derbyshire
Rhondda and Ogmore
Shrewsbury
Hertford and Stortford
North Ayrshire and Arran
Chester North and Neston
Penrith and Solway
North West Cambridgeshire
York Outer
Nuneaton
Burton and Uttoxeter
Morecambe and Lunesdale
North East Derbyshire
Rossendale and Darwen
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Milton Keynes North
Scunthorpe
West Lancashire
Colne Valley
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
Pontypridd
West Dunbartonshire
Shipley
Hastings and Rye
Dunfermline and Dollar
Rochester and Strood
Tamworth
Ribble Valley
Bridgend
Peterborough
Caerphilly
Amber Valley
Calder Valley
Bolsover
Cramlington and Killingworth
Monmouthshire
South Ribble
City of Durham
Stoke-on-Trent South
South East Cornwall
Central Ayrshire
Clwyd North
Clwyd East
South Norfolk
Wycombe
Llanelli
North West Leicestershire
Stalybridge and Hyde
Neath and Swansea East
South Dorset
North East Hertfordshire
Pendle and Clitheroe
Macclesfield
Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Loughborough
Bangor Aberconwy
Scarborough and Whitby
Southport
Stafford
Falkirk
Swindon North
South West Norfolk
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Rochdale
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Warwick and Leamington
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Ashford
Stirling and Strathallan
Aberafan Maesteg
Truro and Falmouth
WellingBorough and Rushden
Aylesbury
Blyth and Ashington
St Austell and Newquay
Alloa and Grangemouth
Heywood and Middleton North
Whitehaven and Workington
Stevenage
Selby
Bolton West
Leeds East
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
East Renfrewshire
Broxtowe
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Coatbridge and Bellshill
Midlothian
Doncaster North
Carlisle
Camborne and Redruth
Mid Cheshire
Newport East
Hexham
Easington
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Rushcliffe
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Dartford
Vale of Glamorgan
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Sefton Central
South Derbyshire
Warrington North
North East Somerset and Hanham
Stroud
Warrington South
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
Doncaster Central
Barnsley North
Newport West and Islwyn
High Peak
Welwyn Hatfield
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
Livingston
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Isle of Wight West
Wrexham
Darlington
East Kilbride and Strathaven
Crewe and Nantwich
Wigan
Cannock Chase
Rother Valley
Suffolk Coastal
Lichfield
Chatham and Aylesford
Bishop Auckland
Congleton
Wirral West
Gedling
Barrow and Furness
Rugby
Barnsley South
Lancaster and Wyre
North Northumberland
Houghton and Sunderland South
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
East Worthing and Shoreham
Burnley
Airdrie and Shotts
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Hitchin
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Gravesham
Bathgate and Linlithgow
Alyn and Deeside
Dover and Deal
North Warwickshire and Bedworth
Hyndburn
Penistone and Stocksbridge
Normanton and Hemsworth
Mid and South Pembrokeshire
Redcar
Hemel Hempstead
Blaydon and Consett
Folkestone and Hythe
Harlow
Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Erewash
Sherwood Forest
Widnes and Halewood
Derbyshire Dales
Bassetlaw
Leeds North West
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
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By Mo Metcalf-Fisher, external affairs director at the Countryside Alliance
Labour spent a great deal of time and energy before the last general election wooing rural voters.
Keir Starmer heroically pledged to ‘roll up his sleeves’ and restore ‘respect’ with the countryside.
It paid off. The party gained a record number of seats in rural areas, constituencies that had for many years been seen as completely unwinnable.
But no sooner had these new MPs ordered office furniture, did Rachel Reeves reveal her infamous plan for a tax hike on family farms.
The changes will mean many farmers will have to sell land or shut down altogether just to meet the eye-wateringly high tax bill. Despite repeated calls for a rethink, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer have refused to listen. Pride and ego have trumped reason and common sense.
The behaviour and treatment of farming group leaders by the Treasury in last week’s meeting between the two sides to find a way forward out of the mess, has only made matters worse.
The Government is on cloud cuckoo land if it thinks its self-induced headache with farmers is going away. This is a major problem for Labour, because the public, as polls repeatedly show, are on the side of farmers.
Even Labour’s own voters detest the damaging family farm tax, which threatens national food security. Farmers are getting more organised and their campaign methods increasingly sophisticated.
There are no doubt many Labour MPs representing rural areas who are equally as appalled as the rest of the countryside at the Government’s handling of this sorry saga.
They too must feel they have been thrown under the bus. But they need to speak up, work together and be counted.
Farmers, who are fighting for their existence, are preparing for a long battle. The question to those MPs is which side are you on?