Wales’ Labour First Minister has told farmers worried about inheritance tax changes to “calm down”. Eluned Morgan claimed initial calculations showed only a “tiny proportion” of farms would be hit by the tax changes and that the number was still being assessed.

The Welsh Labour politician's comments have been seized on by critics of the family farm inheritance tax changes.

The Government has continued to defend changes to inheritance tax for farmers as support swells for planned protests next week. And as the row on the introduction of taxes for farms worth more than £1 million shows no sign of abating,