By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2024-11-21 07:50:22 | Updated at 2024-11-21 10:51:02
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The BBC has received backlash after it used a Labour activist to support Rachel Reeves on the Goverment’s claims on the farmers’ death duty.
However, the BBC Verify article - which was written by “independent tax expert” Dan Neidle - was criticised for its “biased” behaviour after it deleted the article which backed Labour.
BBC Verify said that the Government’s figures about the number of farms which are likely to be affected by the tax raid was “likely” to be correct.
After the Prime Minister shared the broadcaster’s findings, a political row broke out over the BBC’s independence and impartiality.
This backlash has formed part of a wider retaliatory movement by the agricultural industry, following the major farmers’ protest in Westminster on Tuesday
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