I don’t envy @SteveReedMP today. He turned up to the @NFUtweets conference and because of collective cabinet responsibility defended an appalling Treasury policy. Imagine trying to make a positive difference in your role where every conversation is dominated by someone else’s stupid idea. At least he turned up. Where is the Treasury? The person at the podium should have been @RachelReevesMP

I'm not a farmer, I'm farming adjacent. One of my earliest memories is my grandad explaining the birds and the bees to me while leaning on the farm gate watching the dairy herd he managed. I was lucky enough to marry a farmer's daughter, and we have raised our family next to the farm, which my brother-in-law now runs. I've spent a large slice of my working life trying to help farmers and other business-folk to try to get things in order for now and the future. In an uncertain world, we try to provide peace of mind, to help with the hugely difficult decisions around succession, and make life a little more sure for the people we help. Since the Budget I have been struck at how so much of the farming community in particular is generous, supportive, and willing to bend over backwards to help others. They are people who work incredibly hard to succeed, providing an array of essential services to the community and are absolutely the heart of the rural environment. The cruelty of the proposed changes to APR & BPR horrifies me. It takes people who were comfortable they had done the right thing for their kids, and makes it wrong. And for some of them, it does this in a way that we can't fix, or even help with. It's incredibly frustrating, and heartbreaking for those families facing crippling charges because of a policy that simply hadn't been thought through. If the Government chose to consult, amend, and improve the legislation, this could be dealt with. They've agreed to shift for non-doms; they now need to shift for farmers. This law could be better, we just need enough political will to get there.