Farm union boss explains 'human impact' of tax measures for farmers

[@mintpicker6635]

If emptying the supermarket shelves is the only thing which makes people realise how important the farming industry is in a country surrounded by water, I say bring it on.

[@kevinsheahan5449]

Brexit plan is to rely more on imported food which has already undermined our farmers, the majority were keen on that.

[@gillgill2851]

They don’t make champagne in the uk

[@kevinsheahan5449]

@@gillgill2851 no but we make some very nice sparkling white wines.

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

@@mintpicker6635 lol, I wouldn't touch "not for EU" British produce with a bargepole until our farmers raise their standards.

[@northleedspoppa]

British farming isn't important in anyway It was always going to be sacrificed to make post Brexit trade deals with Australia this was common knowledge 8 years ago

[@davidhill4081]

Didn’t farmers back brexit at a cost 140 billion.where is the tax going to come from

[@lonpfrb]

Evidence of that?

[@johnfrancis4401]

Farmers will be ignored unless they take drastic action. They need to take a leaf out of the French farmers lexicon. So block roads, dump sewage into Downing Street, block ports and stop sending food to supermarkets. Historically the British farmers do nothing - so a culture change is needed.

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

@@johnfrancis4401 they'll still be ignored because they're throwing a tantrum. Pay up grumpy pants.

[@johnfrancis4401]

@ Sorry when the food stops Starmer will capitulate.

[@stuarthunter7559]

I get so angry by people who post calling farmers rich! These are farmers who don't sell up but pass on a national asset to their family. I am sure that normal intelligent people can see the madness of this tax. Thank god we can boot this shower out in four years. I pray it won't be too late by then😢

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

@@stuarthunter7559 I've never seen a farmer down the food bank. I think they're doing ok.

[@depralexcrimson]

@@AvocadoAfficionado farmers in EU are absolutely miserable, they get 15-20 pence for product that sells for 20x that price at supermarkets down the road, ofc the rich corporational farmers in the UK wanted brexit, it meant they can keep a monopoly for themselves and keep getting paid more for their product, and its gonna get only worse because this new law only affects the poor majority of the farmers, not the majority of corporate farm firms.

[@joancooley1387]

@@AvocadoAfficionado What a completely Meaningless comment.

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

@@joancooley1387 what a completely meaningless comment.

[@Mark-ju8ds]

We're all being played

[@colinmelling6369]

The whole country feels betrayed and angry not just our great farmers.

[@robertastewart2202]

Lets face it agriculture is the backbone to most industries, if the farmers get a pound, they will invest three, think about it

[@sammic7492]

When Starmer runs out the back door to avoid farmers and the rest of the Gov aren't listening then they have no choice but to go on strike, if the Gov won't talk or refuses point blank to make changes then they are left with no alternative, and people will have to get used to less food availability and higher prices, as that will be the direct result of the Gov's policy. So it's just giving people a taste of what to expect if the Gov carries on with this policy.

[@reinholdmueller4882]

Unfortunately, we are already used to food shortages and higher prices due to Brexit, which rich farmers supported.

[@tihbm]

@@reinholdmueller4882 Why's it that farmers right across the EU have been protesting in recent times, also in other countries. Why is that and should we be concerned?

[@HomeGrownVeg]

There are two narratives here. 1. It will affect only the richest farmers 2. It will affect all farmers. In both cases somebody has to die before it affects anybody. Can farmer to spouse / son / daughter transfer of the farm not be done while everybody's alive? Just asking.

[@ecod7r]

look at it this, way, the farmers who can't pay the tax, the gov at the end will take their land. Its a land theft end goal.

[@Birdman7456]

Yes

[@smrriles5668]

​@WazNaz98765tenant farmers will not be affected, only the very rich who rent to them

[@user-xu5vl5th9n]

There is insufficient time for family family farms to plan for these changes. Farmers are typically asset rich but cash poor. The fact it affects 25% of farmers is already a huge proportion. Also we know that tax thresholds never increase with inflation, so called "fiscal drag" is used as a stealth tax.

[@snsn7251]

Betrayed when they voted for brexit? Give me a break

[@369dabbler]

Same as fisherman….dont stop moaning now

[@ancietman]

But haven't EU farmers been protesting in the past?. Blame our remainer MPs they could make life easier now we out of the EU for farmers & cut all the EU red tape but our lazy MPs have kept things pretty much the way it was in the EU.

[@Solsbeary]

@@ancietman except for the subsidies... they never came back

[@blazzz13]

@@ancietman We haven't had a remainer government since Cameron. Wake up

[@burropoco]

Indeed. Turkeys that voted for Christmas.

[@stamfordmeetup]

support the farmers stop the boatmen

[@jimsmithcivils8459]

What boatmen

[@stamfordmeetup]

@jimsmithcivils8459 the ones that come from Sudan etc in dinghies

[@radjew]

Bot off

[@Seafarer-Ade]

Yes. Definitely support the farmers.

[@jimsmithcivils8459]

😢​@Seafarer-Ade All farmers are now traitors and non patriots Crying about paying tax They cheered thatcher when the miners were on strike The quicker they are finished the better US trade deal and EU will birng in plenty of cheap food Young families need more help and marches than rich farmers Watching the videos they wernt all farmers the PM needs protecting from these clueless right wing idiots We do not negotiate with terrorists SHAME ON ALL FARMERS £3million worth of assets Voting for.brexit losing your subsidies stop your crying and hlep pay and fix this country

[@goldenmath4091]

With the farmers on this... We need to support each other, rather than be divided

[@kindandhelpful1658]

Instead of taxing the super rich the government is taxing the farmers which in turn will affect ordinary people.

[@Lynnpjjbdndji]

Millionaires are buying up farms to dodge inheritance tax ..... Clarkson was one he perched the farm in 2008 ... His view changed once he started farming it !!!!!!

[@sueburgess847]

@@Lynnpjjbdndji A well-known vacuum cleaner manufacturer bought up several parcels of land around the UK. He made no attempt whatsoever to farm any of the land. He still donates to the Tory party.

[@Massey-man]

@@sueburgess847Dyson Farming DOES farm many, many acres of land, and does it very well. The majority of the land acquired in Lincolnshire was bought off foreign investors, and returned to uk ownership, employing many local contractors in maintaining infrastructure, as well as farming the land as well.

[@sueburgess847]

@@Massey-man I might have meant Henry the Hoover.... ! Whoops sorry, I believed some report I saw online. I can't even remember what it was on and it was quite a while ago. I stand corrected.

[@user-xu5vl5th9n]

If this only impacted 0.1% of farms bought as a tax dodge by billionaires I doubt there would be many complaints. But it seems this potentially affects over 25% of farms and there is insufficient time to plan. Also it is good that people invest in farms, even if it is a tax dodge.

[@sueburgess847]

@@user-xu5vl5th9n DEFRA has been quoted as saying it will affect 66% of farms. I'm more inclined to believe their figure rather than the one given by the government. The whole budget seems to have been ill-thought-through.

[@julialander9192]

That's why governments live in luxury don't care if u have last pound we have to have rules in this country yes but its getting to breaking point for some and these poor farmers are ones who give us our food maybe farmers should say not selling our food for 2 weeks could u image uproar yet they get no credit for looking after animals just say oh we with tax u even more it's disgrace maybe starmer should get down on a farm a work there for a week.

[@laurencecope7083]

What the Effing hell is this presenter on, does he not understand what it means to have no food production.

[@danstobbart4406]

They always want favours from Torys but Tories screwed them with Brexit & Aussie trade deal.

[@denisburgess2966]

The whole country is being betrayed.

[@Fabbydabby1]

So who is actually being betrayed

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

Nobody, but commentators can't function without getting angry. People are now defending wealthy land hoarding farmers. Absolutely bonkers.

[@chrislaunders8283]

@@Fabbydabby1 Anybody who voted for the Labour Party's policies

[@malhorner9210]

By brexit voters

[@denisburgess2966]

@malhorner9210 Bullshit.

[@Milk-No-Sugar]

I loath the way the interviewer is taking this. To me it's quite simple, no farms no food. We all need food, we DON'T need politics we do need farmers.

[@nicky80085]

I say strike but for longer than the 1 week, the government need to feel the publics panic over food shortages, it’s the only way they will go back on their outrageous and awful budget. I stand with the UK farmers

[@johndownes3841]

How is the Labour government responsible for food shortages caused by Brexit?

[@daisyrea7219]

​@@johndownes3841imports for a start.

[@robertastewart2202]

Every who doesn't understand blames brexit but a combination of silly rules threats and regulations and being used as someone to blame eg climate change , pollution , etc , for years being kicked, it has all led to this mess, and country pms such as tat clown borris, and now stammer , how cud this go on

[@MilankaMilosevic-l4u]

That tells us that the Government despite a big majority in the House the gov is WEAK , and , ASKS for SACRIFICE from the farmers 💂💂💂💂💂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@optimusminimus-v3d]

If they’re so hard up why don’t they sell one of their range rovers?

[@COL56-zy9vg]

do your homework gomper their is a flying majority of range rovers sold outside agriculture

[@paulfrancis8764]

@@optimusminimus-v3d Truth

[@tonimor9721]

Pathetic ,what about ' the human impact ' on every other business owner who pays Inheritance tax , farmers always want to be subsidised from every direction.

[@markjones4704]

yes but maybe theu should.be

[@piersgibbs8894]

Stop all truck deliveries into Londonistan for a few days, That will be a big shock to these fools 😂😂

[@ispy3836]

We are loosing everything to this government. This is a nightmare.

[@michaelbrodie5942]

Because people have to pay tax on inheriting assets of around 3m? Lol

[@ancietman]

@@michaelbrodie5942 Farmers have had enough its not just inheritance tax. The government did not deliver the Brexit farmers were promised, the supermarkets dictate prices taking most of the profit from food for themselves & they been crippled trying to reach net zero targets inheritance tax is just the straw that broke the camels back.

[@Solsbeary]

@@ancietman so why are they complaining now when its Labour in charge and not immediately after Brexit and the removal of all their EU subsidies? The timing of this absolutely stinks!

[@ecod7r]

stay sheep, and obey the tiny dot.

[@randomjasmicisrandom]

@@ancietmanfarmers voted for Brexit despite being told they would lose their largest trade partner and the security eu membership gave them. The fact they trusted a govt full of liars and corrupt charlatans is on them. They took out their shotguns and shot off their own feet, and they have done nothing but complain and reap the rewards of their own actions ever since. And the same Brexit is already having an impact on our supermarket shelves, lowering quality, reducing availability and increasing prices.

[@mrhbarker]

Farmers are the backbone of the countryside.

[@californiadreamin8423]

…..along with their extensive subsidies and tax dodges.

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

Farmers are the land hoarding crybabies who don't want to pay for the very things they voted for. Jog on.

[@daltonadams4672]

The polluters of the countryside .

[@whosthisguythinkheis]

the workers on the farm are the backbone. the vast majority of those workers do not own the farm do they?

[@paulfrancis8764]

No they’re not. They’re leaches, always out with their begging bowls.

[@Tomherbs]

The farm land the house on the farm plus the machinery and the infrastructure on the farm are all valued together. It’s very easy to go above a million pound

[@rugbygirlsdadg]

Has anyone explained the human impact on the rest of us from the farmers voted for Brexit? £100billion?

[@sanmelingu4271]

The UK voted for Brexit.

[@deanwilsher8189]

Voting for Brexit is one thing. Implementation of Brexit is another. The European Union is so corrupt that it's doomed regardless.

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@sanmelingu4271. No it didn’t.

[@daltonadams4672]

​@@sanmelingu4271so what's the complaint?

[@elaineb8524]

Farmers will have to sell the farms to pay the inheritance tax, thats the problem.

[@369dabbler]

No they won’t….they will have to plan like everyone else

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Farmers have many options, the problem is that some just aren't very good at business.

[@jablot5054]

That's not correct. They will have to release capitol that they have put aside from profits or may be sell some land to a neighbour farmer and just continue to work it.

[@mikearmistead4045]

Anyone who’s invested in a substantial pension is even worse off.

[@lonpfrb]

Not really as they still have ISA and SIPP options..

[@nicky80085]

Adding to what I’ve said, people would come straight to the farmer to buy and boycott the supermarket, I know I definitely would

[@Subtle-will]

Is the £1 million a profit or tied up in assets?

[@adrianappleyard4005]

Assets. I have never seen a wealthy farmer.

[@kevinsheahan5449]

@@adrianappleyard4005 Dyson?

[@mhl8396]

He's not a farmer. He's a wealthy person who has put a lot of his wealth into farm land. Most farmers would agree that he shouldn't benefit from agricultural property relief.

[@jennymurphy9142]

Starmer has promised gates the farms

[@paranormalpendle5920]

Supermarkets already set the wholesale price from farmers, if farmers try to put up their prices in protest tge supermarkets will just tear up their contract and buy from someone else.

[@carlmiller2603]

There's nothing as so certain as Death and Taxes.... Why do Farmers believe they should have an exemption from the latter !!

[@morrisizing]

Farmers do pay tax. They also pay Inheritance tax they only get relief on business assets. If they sold those assets to make into usable capital they also pay Capital Gains Tax Tesco don't have to sell off 20% of their assets every generation. The NHS sits on billions in assets, but nobody says they are rich because if they sold those assets they would no longer be able to carry on supplying health care.

[@daltonadams4672]

​@@morrisizing Stop subsidising farmers.

[@stuc3195]

Farms produce food. For us all to eat. When the farmer dies he passes down the farm to the next generation. Who continue to produce food. For us all to eat. Only now that farm gets passed down along with an inheritance tax bill. That the new farmer can't afford to pay. Therefore the farm gets sold to cover that cost. No more farm. No more food.

[@jasonmadelin]

@@daltonadams4672 What a silly comment, I will say no more.

[@johncooke8173]

@@morrisizingTesco PLC has share holders and the NHS as the name suggest nationally owned. Farms are private businesses and as such pay taxes as a private business which now includes IHT, which they didn’t for some unknown reason.

[@knightyknight5399]

Lot of them voted Brexit

[@simony2801]

That means they have to be punished I suppose.

[@michaelmx06]

what's Brexit got to do with our government screwing over farms

[@daltonadams4672]

​@@simony2801It means the accept the consequences of brexit ,and not expect to be subsidised.

[@Davell927]

@@daltonadams4672 Even if every farmer had voted against there would still be a million more voting for, and I know for a fact that some voted against anyway

[@stuc3195]

​@daltonadams4672 but this has nothing to do with Brexit

[@kdenyer1]

It’s not just the farmers. I have already lost 4 hours pay per week. 🤬🤬🤬

[@scottishhippy2211]

Sky news = Labours mouthpiece

[@Eastbarn1]

What Sky News is a cross between Fox News and GB News!!

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

Delulu.

[@blazzz13]

Which is why Eamon Holmes, Joey Jones et al, work for GBNews and right wing thinktanks right

[@user-ey6rz3fv5y]

Come on the farmers for standing up to this Labour government and starmer

[@debmilner9510]

Didn't starmer act on behalf of alleged terrorist and a cleric during his time as a human rights barrister???? Maybe???

[@mhl8396]

I wonder how many Labour MP's will have the guts to face their farmer constituents?

[@johndownes3841]

How many Labour MPs have farmers as constituents?

[@crisb3631]

Sky news people will go hungry if the government. WEF goes ahead with this tax on farmers or a very long time not just a few days

[@jablot5054]

There are many ways that the farmers could avoid paying inheritance tax. Just do what everyone else does and put all your assets in your children's name in trust .

[@jabbadabbajew6035]

If the farmers are going to strike just do us a favour and let us know so we can get some food in before the fatties panic.

[@banzai385]

Business property relief inheritance tax too, Labour do not understand business or farming only the public sector !

[@neilmchardy9061]

Are farmers more important than any other business? Family engineering businesses suffer the full impact of the tax. Farming was given I big hand up when they were given freedom from this tax which caused a massive revaluation of some piss poor land in some cases. The price of similar land in Europe is many times less. Farmers have become unwilling millionaires.

[@workingclassman9727]

what about properties and land that have 2 llamas and call it a farm

[@David-j9h9g]

shouldnt have voted Brexit then!!!!! The country feels betrayed by farmers brexit voting!!!

[@stuc3195]

What's Brexit got to do with anything?

[@stuc3195]

No they don't.

[@marcopalazzo9349]

​​@@stuc3195 The Government has lost over 100 billion because of Brexit so they are having to get get the money from somewhere. The farming community as a whole voted Breixt and now the bill is due and the Government are getting some of that money back from farmers.

[@stuc3195]

@marcopalazzo9349 don't be fooled by the propaganda. How can anyone make such a ridiculous statement as "the farming community as a whole voted for brexit"? I don't remember putting my profession down on the ballot paper. How about Lawyers? As a whole? Or bus drivers? Postmen? At best they had polls. And due to the diverse nature of farming styles, and geographic location, the polls showed that Dairy and sheep farmers were most likely to vote remain. Poultry farmers were more likely to vote leave. Farmers in the south West most likely voted leave whilst those in the North East likely voted remain. The one thing they all have in common is they produce the food that the country eats. Educate yourself.

[@joancooley1387]

Lot of rubbish comments here.

[@StephenRBritt]

Well said Tom Bradshaw!

[@morrisizing]

Why is removal of food supplies an issue Labour think we don't need British farmers which means they don't need the food they supply.

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

Farmers voted for something and now don't want to pay for it. They're just entitled snowflakes. 🎻

[@daltonadams4672]

Farmers should not have subsidies.

[@jennymurphy9142]

People can go to farms for food

[@raypitts4880]

no they wont takes to much time time they wont give up

[@Solsbeary]

The timing of this absolutely stinks. I have every sympathy with food producers in this country, but this hardly the first nor deepest bump in the road they've had since Brexit!

[@Kaii_679]

This media reporter is very proactive about the situation and provoking. This is the realisation of our relationship with farmers who provide food safety and sustainability for the UK economy which is being betrayed by the establishment in control and something gotta give!!!!

[@elaineb8524]

The black hole is nonsense.

[@johndownes3841]

The lie that the Tories peddle that they left the UK's finances in good order is the real nonsense. Some of us remember the Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng axis of stupidity. They and their foreign, media-owning chums have never told the truth, ever. 'Liebour' is the cry from idiots who voted for a party with Boris Johnson as leader! A man twice sacked for lying as a journalist.

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

People who've hoarded land for generations upset they might have to pay for the brexit "benefits" they voted for /Smallest violin

[@DH-uq1zw]

Speak for yourself

[@edbaker515]

Grow a moral backbone dude

[@AvocadoAfficionado]

@@DH-uq1zw I didn't vote for anything but I've been paying the price for years. About time those who did vote also started paying 🤣

[@mattsmith1157]

So his argument is that farmers didn't have pensions or life insurance. Farmers didn't retire as it was more tax efficient to keep hold of the land until death but that has changed so they just have to change their behaviour to what is more tax efficient now. why they can't just be honest and say they want to protect their wealth at the expense of the rest of us. People like Dyson and Clarkson invested in land to avoid inheritance tax which is why the government have proposed the change to the IHT.

[@georgemurray2901]

Yes buy life policies like everyone else!

[@colinmaclean5276]

safe billions simply send illegal immigrants back

[@geraldfisher3033]

Well said. Stop all the Welfare and Foreign aid. That would balance the books. Support our farmer's .

[@johndownes3841]

Back to where? We can't send them back to France because we are not in the EU and are outside the Dublin Accord (Google it). If only people had thought things through before voting Brexit.

[@julialander9192]

A yes they need to take drastic action good quote

[@twlufc]

The joys of being a wef member country.

[@amandahudson2038]

All ways envolving solicitors. Who?Eh trusts them any more.

[@markjones4704]

it realy needs to be longer implentation on sliding scale and give farm owners to start estate planning like they had too before the exemption in 1992 was imtroduced

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

These are the same farmers that thought deleting their biggest market place was a great idea. Perhaps they should concentrate more on realising all the "opportunities" Brexiters keep talking about, than undermining their own government out of spite??

[@terencefield3204]

Whilst sharing the horror inflicted on farmers spare a thought for the widows who inherit massively reduced private pension funds because of the evil liar Reeves

[@leewhitfield5327]

So reading between the lines... It's only the really wealthy farmers who are going to so called suffer from inheritance tax.... They need to hold their nerve like the people who couldn't afford weekly shopping.... They're treating us like chump chops.... Oh dear

[@dr_dr]

The UK economy, due to Brexit, is a big sh1t sandwich and now everyone has to take a bite. Why are farmers so very special? I didn't see them complain like this about the Lump Sum Exit Scheme, which could have the same effect (in fact it was designed to). I wonder why?

[@ollyfoister2153]

This is the worst government we ever had

[@malhorner9210]

Best advice was to remain in the EU. Farmers voted against best advice

[@lonpfrb]

Evidence?

[@369dabbler]

We all pay same why should farmers get let off

[@jonsnow6741]

Fancy that Sky ! it's called the NFU and getting it wrong on purpose is not a good look

[@noone-y4b]

This government are a disgrace . They know full well we are struggling already and to put prices up even more is disgusting.

[@mhl8396]

It's the Labour way. Look back through history at every post war Labour govt

[@David-g7k9e]

Every farmer should apply for planning permission on all of their lands in blocks. That should hold up planning applications for years.

[@kenneths1585]

The whole of the British population has been betrayed. We must support Farmers.

[@daltonadams4672]

No. Farmer still support brexit and want subsidies.

[@malhorner9210]

Blame brexit, blame yourself

[@joancooley1387]

If anyone drank a drop of milk this morning they should Thank the Farmer’s. Sod all to do with Brexit.

[@johncooke8173]

@@joancooley1387milk produces are not included in the strike

[@joancooley1387]

@ Not referring to the strike. The Fact refers to those slagging off the Farmer’s , whilst relying on them for at least one product.

[@elaineb8524]

Im boycotting supermarkets and buying from my local farm shop and a dairy milkman.

[@AndrewDaley-lr9qg]

Wait till see how expensive farm shops are

[@frengo96]

​@@AndrewDaley-lr9qg they didn't think that through

[@applepie8772]

Let Ning their own MP pockets

[@crisb3631]

And then the MPs run away and hide

[@paulnorton9714]

Farmers have had it to good for to long, all I have to say is BREXIT.

[@albertabs]

Scarmer must go , the only way forward

[@killerkally7080]

Didn't these farmers vote for Brexit, which is doing the farming industry far more harm...

[@lonpfrb]

Evidence?

[@ChristineScott-oj8hs]

They are betrayed 😢😢😢

[@moonie-zw5by]

Of course tbey feel betrayed. Labour only favours " working class" people who earn 70k a year and demand year on year payrises. Not actual workers.

[@julialander9192]

The should dump cow manure outside downing Street they will say farmers mean business don't mess us around goverment

[@davidmitchell7791]

What a crap news reporter he knows nothing about farming much like the politicians

[@theworldaccordingtochris4370]

Welcome to the club

[@absolutely2935]

I stand with every farmer in the UK , as I stand like my forefathers did protecting our borders . Government has stopped listening to the people of the UK as we have had enough .

[@deenalight9271]

Why can we the public just help by giving u money every week all brits to keep them running

[@Eastbarn1]

It isn’t 1m!

[@Painey66]

This is no Black Hole

[@malhorner9210]

More whinging from tax evaders

[@amandahudson2038]

We all have been betrayed. What is the penalty for treason, I bet starmer fixed it when he was in cps.

[@chrishobson6431]

Poor millionaires.

[@jakeforestryandfarmingblog6188]

I can’t remember the time I last see a farmer cruising around in a Lamborghini.

[@chrishobson6431]

@jakeforestryandfarmingblog6188 cry more. ..

[@jakeforestryandfarmingblog6188]

@@chrishobson6431 your the one crying darling 😘

[@Roger-h7o]

Grave robbery.

[@grahamsmith6677]

A million pound asset abnormal? Where does this presenter live?

[@mkmrys]

EU will bring billions of euros in food from next year from South America

[@369dabbler]

Trying to make farmers sound like charity workers lol get real

[@jaaguitar]

Sly News presenter is so disrespectful 😠

[@trevorstanding6462]

The new tax rules will effect only the richest farmers and some of those will be except.

[@stuarthunter7559]

The public need to march with the farmers. Save our country from the lunatic two tier and his thick cronies

[@stequality]

Unfortunately the public couldn't care less

[@Red24297]

This sky news reporter is useless 😂

[@petermclelland278]

Thatcherites

[@robcowell1477]

Inheritance tax is worst tax ever imposed on the people. It should be removed completely..

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Agreed, increase income tax instead to make up for the £9bn plus each year lost.