Tesco, Aldi, and Lidl have backed British farmers in their dispute with the government over tax changes in the Budget. Ashwin Prasad, Tesco's chief commercial officer, said "the UK's future food security is at stake" and the government should pause the introduction of inheritance tax on farms worth over £1m.

Tesco has joined other major supermarkets in warning that Labour's inheritance tax raid on farmers threatens Britain's food security. Ashwin Prasad, Tesco's chief commercial officer, backed calls for a pause in the controversial Budget measures,

Tesco is the latest supermarket giant to hit out at Chancellor Rachel Reeves over the farm tax. The supermarket giant called for Ms Reeves to rethink the introduction of inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million to safeguard British agriculture.

Rachel Reeves’s tax raid on farmers is putting Britain’s food security at risk and must be paused, Tesco has warned.