DX speak to farmer Olly Harrison about inheritance tax changes
Devoted farmer Olly Harrison has issued a desperate rallying call on behalf of the industry, urging the Government not to “steal our children’s future”.
Along with thousands of farmers up and down the nation, the father of three fears he will no longer be able to pass on his family business after the controversial budget raid on inheritances.
Mr Harrison, 43, said he could be forced to sell around a third of the farm when he inherits it from his 76-year-old father Thomas to pay tax bills.
The fifth-generation farmer told the Express: “You are stealing our children’s future and destroying the hard work of generations before us.
“No one owns a farm, you just look after it for the next generation. I was lucky enough to be able to have the opportunity to look after it and I want …