The president of the National Farmer’s Union was brought to tears while giving evidence to a parliamentary committee on Wednesday.
Tom Bradshaw suggested that farmers could consider taking their own lives in the face of changes to inheritance tax.
He told MPs that middle-aged farmers concerned their parents do not have seven years left to ensure they can pass down the farm without paying tax are in an “awful, awful unacceptable position”.
They “may well decide that they shouldn’t be here on April 26”, he told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
