Angela Rayner dismisses family farm tax fears as ‘scaremongering’ while Tories warn elderly men ‘in tears’ over tax raid

ANGELA Rayner contiguous dismissed fears implicit the household workplace taxation arsenic "scaremongering".

Standing successful for Sir Keir Starmer astatine deputy-PMQs, the firebrand person doubled down connected Labour's brutal inheritance raid - and adjacent refused to regularisation retired further hikes.

In a packed retired Commons the Deputy Labour Leader said: “Our program is sensible, just and proportionate and protects the smaller estates portion fixing nationalist services that they trust on.” 

Just a time aft 20,000 furious cultivation workers marched connected Westminster, Ms Rayner added there's been "scaremongering" astir however galore farmers volition beryllium impacted.

Standing successful for Tory person Kemi Badenoch, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Alex Burghart accused Labour of "punishing" Brits that didn't ballot for them.

He said: “The information is that this is simply a punishment meted retired to radical who don’t ballot Labour.

"It is the aforesaid punishment meted retired to parents who nonstop their children to backstage schools.

"It is the aforesaid punishment meted retired to the owners of tiny businesses terrified astir National Insurance contributions."

A fired-up Mr Burghart added that Labour volition beryllium secretly plotting to "come backmost for more" inheritance raids.

He blasted: “Everyone present and each the farmers astatine location volition person heard determination was nary warrant there.

"We cognize what that means: They are coming backmost for more.”

The Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary told Ms Rayner that distraught farmers including "elderly men and children" person been "in tears" implicit the levy.

He asked the Deputy PM: “What would the close honourable woman similar to accidental to them?”

Hitting back, Ms Rayner responded: “We are perfectly committed to our British farmers and that is wherefore we person committed £5 cardinal to the farming fund implicit the next 2 years.”