GB News host Bev Turner has lambasted the defence from Labour ministers of their inheritance tax raid on farmers, questioning if they are “stupid”.
Following widespread backlash on the policy, the Conservatives have now forced a debate and vote in the House of Commons on the issue.
Bev Turner hit out at Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s defence of the farmer inheritance tax
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Launching a scathing attack on Alexander, Bev declared: “Heidi Alexander – is she just stupid or is she deliberate? Does she believe it because does she understand what’s going to happen here?”
Bev emphasised that farmers strongly disagree with the government’s position on the inheritance tax changes.
“The farmers don’t agree with this idea that it’s a fair and balanced response,” she stated, referencing the thousands who recently protested in London.
Bev also warned of severe consequences if the inheritance tax changes proceed.
Labour’s Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the decision was ‘fair and balanced’
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“We’re going to lose our land. It’s going to be going into the hands of massive transnational corporations and the UK will change forever,” she cautioned on GB News.
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Turner suggested more demonstrations are likely, noting that additional protesters “no doubt will be there this time next week.”
Former Conservative MP Miriam Cates sharply criticised Labour’s stance on the inheritance tax changes.
She argued there was a crucial misunderstanding about farmers’ assets versus liquid wealth.
“They just don’t seem to understand the difference between owning some land that has a value on paper but is not cash in the bank, and somebody with millions of pounds in the bank,” Cates told GB News.
Bev Turner told GB News that many of the protesting farmers would ‘disagree’ with Alexander’s remarks
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She dismissed the government’s argument about wealthy individuals having “broad shoulders” to bear the tax burden.
“There’s a fundamental difference between those positions, and yet they’re saying they’ve got broad shoulders – they haven’t,” she added.
The Transport Secretary explained that couples could still pass on up to £3million tax-free, depending on circumstances.
Alexander contrasted the approach with former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s policies, stating: “We could either go down the path of Liz Truss and cause absolute mayhem in the economy… or we could wipe the slate clean.”
