Inheritance Tax Will Be ‘Death Knell’ for Many Farms in Northern Ireland, Lords Hear

Northern Ireland’s farmers took part in tractor rallies on Saturday, demonstrating support for the National Farmers’ Union’s Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign.

Members of the Ulster Farmers' Union take part in a protest as part of the National Farmers' Day of Unity, a day of action across Britain organised by the NFU and other farming unions in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 25, 2025. Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia/PA Wire

Inheritance tax reforms will disproportionately impact Northern Ireland’s agricultural communities and be the “death knell for many farming families,” the House of Lords has heard.

Lord Maurice Morrow told colleagues in the Lords on Monday that the changes will worsen the situation for Northern Ireland’s agricultural community, which has already faced rising prices amid higher costs of living and the “chokehold” of the post-Brexit Windsor Framework, which he said are subjecting farmers to “onerous regulations and red tape.”