Following a report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee, where MPs have called for a year-long delay to proposed changes in farm inheritance tax - Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Senedd Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Samuel Kurtz has reiterated calls to scrap the plans altogether.

The Labour Government plan will see inherited agricultural assets over £1m taxed at 20% starting in April 2026, sparking widespread protests from farmers.

Critics, including the National Farmers' Union (NFU) and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), argue the policy could drag the average family farm into the higher tax bracket.

Commenting, Samuel Kurtz MS, said: “UK Labour’s reckless inheritance tax reforms threaten the livelihoods of hardworking farming families and risk decimating the rural economy, yet Labour continues to pile on the pressure without understanding the consequences.

“After the Welsh Labour Government have already clobbered the industry with their, Wales-wide Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ), botched Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) and their failure to control bovine TB, these unfair changes add insult to injury. Instead of offering support, both Governments are driving rural communities into financial instability.

"These changes will threaten lives and livelihoods in rural Wales, and simply delaying these plans is not enough. It is high time the Labour Government realises this and scraps these damaging proposals entirely. Otherwise, we risk not only the dismantling of family farms but also a serious threat to our nation’s food security."