No one should be wishing their life away, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has said as he was repeatedly challenged by farmers over inheritance tax.Mr Reed addressed the National Farmers' Union conference in London on Tuesday, setting out measures to increase the profitability of agriculture which he said was the problem at the "heart of the crisis in the sector".But he was heckled and repeatedly challenged in a question-and-answer session over elderly farmers who thought the best tax planning w

No one should be wishing their life away, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has said as he was repeatedly challenged by farmers over inheritance tax.Mr Reed addressed the National Farmers' Union conference in London on Tuesday, setting out measures to increase the profitability of agriculture which he said was the problem at the "heart of the crisis in the sector".But he was heckled and repeatedly challenged in a question-and-answer session over elderly farmers who thought the best tax planning was to die before the inheritance tax changes came into effect in April 2026.