By Jess Brown-Fuller MP Over recent years, the annual charity Christmas Tractor run has grown in both size and popularity. In December, 100 tractors, festooned with lights and signs, processed through Chichester and the surrounding villages, enjoyed by crowds of people along the route. Their chosen charity was KSS Air Ambulance. Some of those tractors also had reminders of the vital role they play in our nation’s security; ‘No farmers, no food’ and in an increasingly volatile

Following the government announcement today, 23 December, that inheritance tax relief thresholds for farmers will rise from £1 million to £2.5 million, Jess Brown-Fuller MP has now urged the government to go further and scrap the family farm tax in full.     Responding to the news, Jess said:     “British farmers are the very foundation of rural communities the length and breadth of the country. The Chichester constituency has some of the highest grading of agricultural land

MP for Chichester, Jess Brown-Fuller, ha s slammed the government for refusing to listen to farmers, following reports that the Chancellor does not plan to amend or repeal the damaging Family Farm Tax in next month’s Budget.    Jess has supported the rural community in their campaign to reverse this tax since it was first introduced last year. Despite being warned that their policy could lead to a lost generation of farmers, the government has not budged.     Jess recently me

Liberal Democrat MP for Chichester, Jess Brown-Fuller, is calling on the government to stop neglecting Britain’s farmers and to take urgent action to safeguard the future of rural communities, as MPs celebrate the National Farmers Union’s (NFU) Back British Farming Day.   The party is demanding a full package of support, including scrapping the unfair Family Farm Tax, restoring Defra funding for Young Farmers’ Clubs, and introducing mandatory country-of-origin labelling on al