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Countryside Alliance retweeted
We must protect rural communities. For the past two years, the rural way of life has been under attack.
The countryside is ready for a reset. This Budget will reveal whether the government is ready too.
Countryside Alliance retweeted
The countryside is ready for a reset. This Budget will reveal whether the government is ready too
Countryside Alliance retweeted
Scrap the awful family farm tax. Ditch harmful policies impacting the countryside. Rural reset now!
Countryside Alliance retweeted
The family farm tax continues to put too many farmers through unnecessary stress and anxiety. Scrapping it in its entirety would be the right thing to do. It will signal that this government wants to begin repairing the relationship between Westminster and rural people. The countryside is ready for a rural reset. The Budget will tell us whether the government is ready too.
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
Countryside Alliance retweeted
The countryside is ready for a rural reset. The Budget will tell us whether the government is ready too. Unlock the countryside’s potential.
🔴Revisit the hated family farm tax
🔴Review SFI
🔴Alleviate pressure on rural businesses
🔴Extend 20% business rate bill cuts to rural restaurants and hotels
🔴Reduce VAT for hospitality sector
🔴No holiday lets tax
🔴Maintain fuel duty
🔴Reduce VAT on domestic heating oil
🔴Reform horseracing betting levy
🔴Reconsider decision to reclassify double cab pickup trucks- the country’s favourite work horse
Countryside Alliance retweeted
Another blow to the countryside if the Chancellor goes down this road. Thousands of jobs risked. Politically problematic too. Racing is Britain’s second biggest spectator sport.
Countryside Alliance retweeted
In a letter to the Chancellor, the Countryside Alliance warned plans to tax holiday lets as second homes would render “sound rural businesses unviable” and damage visitor numbers.
Holiday cottage tax will force us under, farmers warn telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
Countryside Alliance retweeted
📍Next stop: Birmingham for Conservative Party Conference.
We look forward to welcoming attendees to our upcoming panel discussion taking place on Monday 5 October 2026 (secure zone- pass required)
Speakers: @CA_TimB @VictoriaAtkins @Katie_Lam_MP and @AJNewbury94 #cpc26
Countryside Alliance retweeted
An absolutely packed out @CAupdates event at #CPC26, as @VictoriaAtkins extolls the values of rural England, solicit huge applause with a deeply personal tribute to the countryside, telling attendees it's more than just the economy, "it's our home".
Countryside Alliance retweeted
So rammed, I can’t get into my own event! Fantastic turnout to celebrate our countryside and rural way of life! 🚜#cpc26 @CAupdates
Countryside Alliance retweeted
We’ve taken our campaign for the countryside on the road the last few weeks.
More big events planned at #cpc26. Reception tomorrow night (Sunday 20:30 secure zone) followed by a panel discussion on Monday.
See you there 🚜
Our upcoming panel at Conservative Party conference on Monday 5 October 2026 (secure zone- pass required)
Speakers: @CA_TimB @VictoriaAtkins @Katie_Lam_MP and @AJNewbury94
Countryside Alliance retweeted
The hated family farm tax is a hangover from the last government that’s causing misery. Ditch it. Only then can the government begin resetting its relationship with the countryside.
Countryside Alliance retweeted
Looking forward to the Plaid Cymru conference, the first for them as a Government. A decent rural package on one of the motions out to members, more below.
RT @mometfisher: Call for evidence: everyone with relevant knowledge and first-hand experience to respond to the Government’s Call for Evid…
Countryside Alliance retweeted
If only the Government had been warned about this. Repeatedly. From the moment they announced the changes to APR/BPR.
The best thing the Chancellor could do to reset their disastrous rural record is show they’ve listened and later this month abolish the changes to IHT.
Countryside Alliance retweeted
Spot on: “as a starter” we need to ditch the awful family farm tax, once and for all.
The idea this issue had gone away was fantasy.
If the government wants to show it’s serious about a rural reset, abolishing this blatant wrong would be a welcome start.newsandstar.co.uk/news/26596…
Countryside Alliance retweeted
This promises to be an excellent event on Monday - not least because I'm there (alongside some other panelists you may have heard of).
For years the @Daily_Express has spoken to many people across rural Britain, many of whom increasingly feel left behind and forgotten.
Come along, and let's hear how Victoria and Katie think they can win again in the countryside.
📍Next stop: Birmingham for Conservative Party Conference.
We look forward to welcoming attendees to our upcoming panel discussion taking place on Monday 5 October 2026 (secure zone- pass required)
Speakers: @CA_TimB @VictoriaAtkins @Katie_Lam_MP and @AJNewbury94
Countryside Alliance retweeted
Our upcoming panel at Conservative Party conference on Monday 5 October 2026 (secure zone- pass required)
Speakers: @CA_TimB @VictoriaAtkins @Katie_Lam_MP and @AJNewbury94