Badenoch blasts Labour for rural Britain ‘assault’

LABOUR is carrying out an “assault on rural Britain”, Kemi Badenoch warned yesterday.

- Kate Harris and Steph Spyro

The Tory leader launched a fresh attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s government over its “cruel” and “unnecessary” inheritance tax raid as she visited a family farm in her North West Essex constituency.

Labour has faced an ongoing backlash for slapping inheritance tax on farms worth over £1 million in the autumn budget.

The leader of the Opposition said: “Before last year’s general election, Keir Starmer looked farmers in the eye and promised he would protect their way of life.

“A year later and this Labour government is conducting an assault on rural Britain.