Labour scolded by Ann Widdecombe for their 'arrogant' war on farmers: 'It's the straw that will break the camel's back!'

"I think the government seriously needs to rethink. I think they should U-turn on it," Widdecombe said.

She accused the Government of acting with impunity due to their parliamentary majority, stating: "They've got a majority that enables them to do anything they like, and at the moment the new MPs aren't really prepared to rebel."

Ann Widdecombe has demanded Labour to 'u-turn' on their inheritance tax raid on farmers

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Widdecombe warned that such behaviour wouldn't continue unchallenged, adding: "People will be saying, well, don't just assume that you're God almighty."

Widdecombe highlighted how farmers have faced prolonged challenges, telling GB News: "I always resist describing stress as a mental health issue, but farmers have been stressed for years and they've had a raw deal for years."

She described the inheritance tax changes as "the straw that will break the camel's back."

Widdecombe dismissed suggestions that Labour's inheritance tax changes were financially motivated.

"I can't see that Labour are doing it for the money. I mean, a measly half a billion, that's just a very tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of 1 per cent of GDP. It's pathetic," she told GB News.

Instead, she argued the motivation was ideological, stating: "It won't be for the money. It's because they don't like inheritance."

Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Northover shared a similar account from a Cornish farmer's family, where an 87-year-old mother believed she would be "better off dying before the change comes into effect."

Ann Widdecombe told GB News that Labour 'doesn't like inheritance'

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Former Coalition minister Lady Northover expressed shock that Chancellor Rachel Reeves had declined to meet with the National Farmers Union.

"If she is so sure of what she's doing, she should have that confidence," Lady Northover said.