Angela Rayner says farmers are falling for "scaremongering" during PMQs spat with Tory Alex Burghart

Angela Rayner has accused farmers of falling for "scaremongering" over an inheritance tax raid on farmers.

The Deputy Prime Minister made the comment during an exchange with Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart as the pair deputised at PMQs with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in Brazil to attend the G20 summit.

Farmers have reacted with anger and dismay to inheritance tax changes for farming businesses, which limit the existing 100% relief for farms to only the first £1 million of combined agricultural and business property.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the “vast majority” of estate owners will be “totally unaffected” by the Government’s policy, although she did not directly address the question posed.

Ms Rayner also accused the Tories of “desperately trying to rewrite history” and “jumping on a new bandwagon” each week.

Mr Burghart told the Commons: “This is just another part of the Budget that’s unravelling.

“Everyone here and all the farmers at home will have heard there was no guarantee there.

“We know what that means, they’re coming back for more.”

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