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Opinion: "The Inheritance Tax battle is not over yet"

Writing from his family's farm in Cumbria, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder explains why confidence in the future of farming feels stronger than it has for some time

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Opinion: "The Inheritance Tax battle is not over yet"

I'm back from Portugal after a week in the Algarve, sunning it up. Reality hit home as I arrived back to an empty farm with my parents away at the Royal Highland Show and the news that, "Tom, there's a...

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