THE Cumberland News is standing shoulder to shoulder with Cumbria's farmers as we call on the Government to rethink its crippling farm tax plan.

In the week that the county's farmers marched on Westminster in a remarkable show of opposition against plans to impose new inheritance tax rules, we are asking Chancellor Rachel Reeves to put the brakes on her plans.

On behalf of Cumbria's farmers, we are asking the Government to think again, to, at the very least, increase the threshold from which the tax would have to be paid.

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We have been inundated with support for our Cumbrian farming community, and now we are asking our readers to demonstrate a show of strength and concerns about the impact that changes will have - with fears growing that they could signal the death knell for many family farms in the county.

We would also ask our readers to back our farmers by lobbying MPs and encourage them to take a stand against the crippling measures announced in the Budget.

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