Critics argue the policy forces the breakup of multigenerational farms to pay large tax bills, leading to a surge in farmland sales.
The changes incentivize converting productive agricultural land into solar farms, wind projects and rewilded estates for tax efficiency.
This shift threatens domestic food security, with Britain's food self-sufficiency already declining.
The policy is projected to raise £520 million annually for the Treasury but could add hundreds of pounds to household food bills.
In a move that is reshaping the British countryside, the government is proceeding with inheritance tax reforms that critics label a "net zero death duty." The policy, which caps a 40-year relief for agricultural land, is forcing multigenerational family farms onto the market. The resulting land rush is not being led by neighboring farmers, but by institutional investors seeking to convert prime farmland into solar arrays, wind farms and rewilded carbon sinks, raising profound questions about national food security and the true cost of environmental policy....<<<Read More>>>...
