N.Ireland
Farmers have been denied permission to challenge the UK’s inheritance tax reform following a High Court ruling.
William Irvine can look back on his six years as an Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) office bearer with tremendous satisfaction.
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has renewed its call for the UK government to fully reverse family farm tax proposals.
The unity of approach shown by the farming unions has been the decisive difference in delivering for agriculture across the UK.
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president William Irvine has referred to 2025 as being a turbulent year for agriculture.
Farmers for Action (FFA) has written to 11 UK supermarkets in the wake of the organisation’s recent protests outside six NI Tesco outlets.
A judicial review of the extension of inheritance tax to agricultural land and farm assets in the UK has been held in London.
A judicial review to challenge the government’s inheritance tax reform is taking place in the High Court today (Wednesday, March 18).
MP Carla Lockhart has urged the Labour government to support the agri-food sector rather than “powering ahead” with inheritance tax reforms.
Farmers for Action has indicated that, barring some final tweaks, the UK’s new inheritance tax legislation will become law on April 1, 2026.
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, William Irvine, is indicating that farm succession in...
Agri-Business
The farmland market remains becalmed, but the government's inheritance tax U-turn could boost...
Farmers for Action (FFA) is calling for the new UK inheritance tax thresholds to be inflation-linked into the future.
Agri Politics
Alistair Carmichael MP has warned that improvements to the family farm tax do not go far enough and called for an impact assessment to be published
The potential threat posed by bluetongue to Northern Ireland’s sheep sector has been highlighted by NI agri committee chair, Robbie Butler.
Rural Life
Farmers in UK now have "firmer ground to build on and grow in 2026" according to the president of the National Farmers' Union, Tom Bradshaw.
The UFU has said today’s announcement on inheritance tax “represents a step in the right direction for farming families”.
The UK Government has today announced that the level of the Agricultural and Business Property tax reliefs threshold will be increased
Farmers for Action (FFA) has stated its intention to continue its campaign to secure an...
The NFU said the changes to the inheritance tax proposals announced during Budget Day go "nowhere near enough" to protect family farms.
It has been announced that the £1 million inheritance tax threshold in the UK will be transferable between spouses.
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that Northern Ireland will still be hit hardest by the...
The UFU said the inheritance tax proposals as "not fair, not workable, and not grounded in a proper understanding of NI’s farming structure."
