The Autumn Budget and IHT - NFU Cymru's lobbying work
More than 100 organisations sign letter to PM urging family farm tax rethink
More than 100 businesses, retailers and trade bodies across the food and farming supply chain, including the NFU, have written to the Prime Minister urging him to do the right thing and rethink planned changes to inheritance tax.
NFU Cymru supports Welsh Affairs Committee’s call for delay to inheritance tax changes
The House of Commons’ Welsh Affairs Committee has published a report (Wednesday 12 November) following its inquiry into Farming in Wales in 2025: Challenges and Opportunities. NFU Cymru had submitted both oral and written evidence to the inquiry.
Farmers in Brecon and Radnor meet with David Chadwick MP and Daisy Cooper MP
Following this meeting, Daisy Cooper MP raises a question on IHT during Treasury Questions in Westminster.
NFU Cymru officeholders head to London to meet a number of Labour MPs
During these meetings, the union highlighted members' real concerns over IHT changes.
– NFU Cymru Next Gen Development Board have IHT discussions with MSs in Cardiff
The group stressed the impact of IHT on the future of farming in Wales during a visit to Cardiff Bay.
NFU Cymru and FUW joint fringe event at Plaid Cymru Conference in Swansea
There were a number of discussions on IHT during the event
NFU Cymru attends the union’s breakfast reception at the Labour conference
The union delivered key messages around IHT to the politicians present
NFU Cymru attends Back British Farming Day in Westminster
The union raised the issue of IHT with all of the Welsh MPs present
Pembrokeshire farmers and local businesses display impact of IHT changes
A Pembrokeshire farm put on a stark visual display to illustrate the damaging ripple effect of inheritance tax changes that could impact thousands of livelihoods away from the farmyard.
NFU Cymru members and public send over 250 Stop the Family Farm Tax postcards to MPs from the Royal Welsh Show
Numerous political meetings take place at the Royal Welsh Show with NFU Cymru raising IHT with visiting politicians
NFU Cymru also meets with Senedd opposition party leaders, UK Leader of HM Opposition and Leader of Reform Party during this week.
NFU Cymru hosts a seminar on IHT for members at the Royal Welsh Show
NFU Cymru President writes to Prime Minister urging for changes to IHT proposals
NFU Cymru President Aled Jones wrote to the Prime Minister urging for changes to the UK Government inheritance tax proposals causing ‘distress and torment’ to the nation’s farmers.
NFU Cymru meets with numerous Labour MPs and MSs at the Welsh Labour conference
The union met with the First Minister Eluned Morgan MS and Treasury Minister Torsten Bell MP, raising IHT concerns with them all
NFU Cymru holds a series of one-to-one meetings on IHT with Labour MPs in Westminster
NFU Cymru President, Aled Jones, appears before the House of Commons’ Welsh Affairs Committee
Aled appeared as part of their enquiry into Farming in Wales in 2025. Aled spoke extensively on the implications for Welsh agriculture of the proposed inheritance tax changes
NFU Cymru and NFU call on government to enable investment in UK food security in Spending Review
The NFU has called on the Chancellor to invest in the UK’s food security, which this government has repeatedly stated is critical to national security, in the upcoming Spending Review.
NFU Cymru speaks with Plaid Cymru politicians about IHT at their conference in Llandudno
NFU Cymru speaks with Welsh Conservative politicians about IHT at their conference in Llangollen
NFU Cymru members attend Senedd to hear Plaid Cymru debate on proposed changes to IHT
NFU Cymru members from across Wales were in the Senedd’s public gallery to hear a debate on the UK Government’s proposed changes to inheritance tax
NFU Cymru members meet with Labour MP Becky Gittins to discuss IHT
During the meeting, held at Gop Farm, Trelawnyd, members in attendance put forward their own scenarios of what could happen to their farms if the proposed changes around inheritance tax go ahead.
NFU Cymru hosts farming and allied industries united in display against inheritance tax proposals
More than 200 tractors, trucks and other machinery congregated on the Royal Welsh Showground to outline the shocking effects of UK Government’s inheritance tax plans on the rural economy
NFU Cymru meets with Treasury Minister
NFU Cymru President, Aled Jones has met with Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, James Murray MP and Food Security Minister Daniel Zeichner following changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief, announced last Autumn and due to take effect from April 2026.
Young NFU Cymru members lobby MPs in Westminster on inheritance tax changes
Two young NFU Cymru members gave MPs a stark warning about their farming future should the UK Government press on with its planned changes to inheritance tax reliefs.
Food industry coalition issues warning to the Treasury over IHT changes
More than 50 signatories representing the food manufacturing industry joined forces as never seen before to urge the Treasury to rethink its proposed changes to inheritance tax announced as part of the Autumn Budget.
Farmers across Wales oppose family farm tax plans on National Day of Unity
NFU Cymru members from across Wales showed their opposition to the UK Government’s planned changes to inheritance tax with a series of events and activities on Saturday 25 January.
The campaign activity was part of the NFU’s National Day of Unity events being held around the UK to show the industry’s opposition to the family farm tax.
Family farm tax petition handed to No.10
A petition signed by more than 270,000 members of the public has been handed in to 10 Downing Street by NFU President Tom Bradshaw and NFU Cymru President Aled Jones on behalf of the four UK farming unions, urging the government to ditch its devastating family farm tax.
NFU Cymru Council shows opposition to family farm tax
Farmers on NFU Cymru Council have sent a strong message to UK Government that the industry remains strongly opposed to the family farm tax proposals.
Members of NFU Cymru Council - the union’s governing body, made up of farmers from across Wales, representing farms of all sizes and in all sectors - gathered in Cardiff on Monday 20 January for a meeting to discuss issues affecting the industry.
Agricultural industries join call to stop the family farm tax
The NFU and NFU Cymru launches a pledge at LAMMA for allied industries to add their name and ask the government to pause and consult on proposed changes to APR and BPR.
Numerous agriculture-related industries at LAMMA expressed their concerns that their businesses will suffer because of the government’s proposed changes to APR and BPR.
Allied industries: Sign our pledge
NFU Cymru is a joint signatory to a letter from UK farming organisations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
The letter called for the scope of the expected UK Government consultation on changes to APR and BPR to be widened.
NFU Cymru joins Big Banner Day
NFU Cymru, alongside the NFU, NFU Scotland and Ulster Farmers’ Union, organised a Big Banner Day as part of its ongoing campaign to #StopTheFamilyFarmTax.
Numerous meetings with MPs
NFU Cymru had a number of meetings with MPs across Wales.
NFU Cymru submits evidence to Welsh Affairs Committee
NFU Cymru sends submission to the House of Commons’ Welsh Affairs Committee on the impact of the Autumn Budget on Welsh agriculture
NFU Cymru members challenge APR changes in Westminster
NFU Cymru members joined farmers from around the UK in London, in a massive show of strength and unity against the UK Government’s inheritance tax reforms
NFU Cymru officeholders attend Welsh Labour Party Conference
Aled Jones and Abi Reader lobbied Welsh MPs on changes to Inheritance Tax, during the Party Conference in landudno
NFU Cymru President meets with Jo Stevens, Secretary of State for Wales
NFU Cymru President meets with Jo Stevens, Secretary of State for Wales following the NFU Cymru letter requesting an urgent meeting to discuss Agricultural Property Relief.
NFU Cymru writes letter to Jo Stevens, Secretary of State for Wales
NFU Cymru writes a letter to Jo Stevens, Secretary of State for Wales - Agricultural Property Relief & Request for an urgent meeting
NFU Cymru expresses its fears for the future of the family farm following the changes to APR and BPR announced in the Autumn statement.
‘Misguided and ill-thought-out reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) will not only lead to lasting damage to Welsh farming and the break-up of family farms, but will also leave farmers with neither the means, confidence nor the incentive to invest in the future of their business,’ says NFU Cymru. Read NFU Cymru's views here
UK Autumn Budget 2024
The UK Autumn Budget 2024 is announced.
NFU Cymru writes letter to Jo Stevens, Secretary of State for Wales
NFU Cymru writes a letter to Jo Stevens, Secretary of State for Wales ahead of the budget announcement.
NFU Cymru writes joint letter to Chancellor ahead of Budget
NFU Cymru along with the NFU, NFU Scotland and the Ulster Farmers’ Union writes a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves following recent speculation that Inheritance Tax Reliefs (IHT), including Agricultural Property Relief (APR) as well as Business Property Relief (BPR), are to be reviewed in the Budget. Read the letter here
NFU Cymru writes to MPs ahead of Autumn budget
NFU Cymru writes a letter to all 32 Welsh MPs ahead of the new government’s first budget, setting out its position on agricultural support funding and also making the case as to why there should not be any changes to Agricultural Property Relief. Read the letter here
Farming budget tops agenda as NFU Cymru meets Welsh Government heads
NFU Cymru meet with Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, alongside Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies. Top of the agenda was funding for agriculture and progress on the development of the Sustainable Farming Scheme. Read more here
NFU Cymru writes letter to Chancellor ahead of Budget
NFU Cymru at the Conservative Party Conference
NFU Cymru joined the NFU at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. NFU held a fringe panel event discussing the future agriculture budget.
NFU Cymru at the Labour Party Conference
NFU Cymru joined the NFU at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. NFU Cymru used this as an opportunity to push forward our key ask of Government; that is an agricultural budget that allows us to be able to meet our ambitions to be world leading in the production of climate friendly food against a backdrop where nature is thriving on our farms. Read more here
NFU Cymru meets with Defra Minister of State, Daniel Zeichner MP
NFU Cymru Deputy President Abi Reader was pleased to welcome Defra Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner on to her farm. This visit gave the Minister an opportunity to look at some of the issues and challenges facing agriculture, specifically those non-devolved matters such as future UK Government funding for the sector and the UK’s national food security. Read more here
Budget top of the agenda at County Shows
Throughout July & August the budget was discussed at County Shows across Wales.
Budget top of the agenda at NFU Cymru General Election hustings
NFU Cymru members across Wales had the opportunity to quiz their parliamentary candidates at county General Election hustings.