Our Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign to halt the unfair and destructive changes to Inheritance Tax announced in the Autumn Budget has delivered huge public and political support and is beginning to cut through with Labour MPs too.
But we know the Chancellor is determined not to move, so we must keep up the pressure.
1. Email your MP and highlight the BBC Countryfile report
On 26 October 2025, BBC One's Countryfile aired a powerful interview with Welsh farmer Tom Rees and his father. It highlights the disastrous consequences of the proposed inheritance tax changes on their family farm now, and in the future, and the impact on their ability to produce food.
Use our tool to email your MP today and ask them to watch this powerful interview to see why they need to speak up for farming families in their constituency and ask the Treasury to rethink the proposed tax changes.
For anyone who has been affected by the issues discussed in this programme, help is available. Samaritans are here – day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, or visit their website to find the nearest branch.
2. Add your name to show your support
Our Stop the Family Farm Tax petition has been handed into No.10 Downing Street. But you can still join more than 270,000 people who have already added their names.
Don't forget to:
- Share on social once you've added your name using our hashtag #StopTheFamilyFarmTax
- Send to your family and friends and anyone who loves and enjoys our precious, rural areas.
3. Tell your story
Use our new email your MP tool to help MPs understand the consequences of the family farm tax for your family.
Read: How much could a family farm pay under the new IHT reforms? which provides a breakdown of what five, real family farms could pay under the proposed reforms to APR and BPR. You may find this information useful to help explain your individual situation.
4. Meet with your MP
NFU President Tom Bradshaw meets with his MP Benard Jenkin.
MPs from all parties tell us they need examples. It's been brilliant to see case studies you've sent through so far and please keep them coming. But through the rest of December and early January we want members who can to meet their MPs together with their accountants and advisers. MPs will then see first-hand, in the data for individual farms, that the Treasury lines claiming few farms will be affected by the APR/BPR changes are wrong.
You can also share our impact analysis, produced in consultation with former Treasury and Office for Budget Responsibility economists, which shows the calculations in detail to prove why the Treasury is working off the wrong figures.
5. Display your banners
NFU members and the public can now order campaign materials such as banners and car stickers through our online shop.
6. Share the message on social
Use the hashtag #StopTheFamilyFarmTax to help keep this issue in the public eye and don't forget to tag us:
- X (Twitter) – @NFUTweets
- Facebook – NFU – National Farmers’ Union
- Instagram – @NFULife
7. Allied businesses – sign our pledge
We know agriculture-related industries share our concerns about the government's family farm tax.
Add your name to ask the government to pause and consult and show them the strength of feeling and impact across the allied industries.
For anyone who has been affected by the issues discussed in this programme, help is available. Samaritans are here – day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, or visit their website to find the nearest branch.
The government may hope that we will give up over time, but we know that we’re in this for the long haul.
If you’ve been able to tick every box that’s great news and thank you for helping us fight this awful family farm tax. But please do continue to keep an eye out for more ways to get involved in the campaign.