Labour MP Markus Campbell-Savours suspended after rebelling against Reeves’ tractor tax
MP suspended after opposing government plans on farmers’ inheritance tax
- Labour MP Markus Campbell-Savours has been suspended after rebelling against the government’s plans to impose an inheritance tax on farmers.
- Mr Campbell-Savours had the whip removed by Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds after voting against the measures, citing “deep concerns” about their impact on family farms.
- Dozens of other Labour MPs abstained from the Commons vote, following a call from the National Farming Union (NFU) for them to show support for working people in the countryside.
- Backbenchers argued that most farmers are not wealthy and that the changes would devastate elderly farmers, while failing to tackle tax avoidance by celebrities and billionaires.
- Despite the opposition, MPs voted in support of the government’s plans by 327 votes to 182, with a Treasury minister defending the changes as a “fair way forward”.