As anger mounts over Labour's proposed inheritance tax, an exclusive GB News analysis reveals the international farmers set to pocket more than £500million in foreign aid.

The timing of the aid package has sparked fury, with Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe branding it "disgusting", claiming it is a "spit in the face for British farmers".

The Government has defended the package, noting that it's still significantly investing in its own agricultural sector with £5billion allocated for domestic farming over the next two years.

They argued that international aid would indirectly benefit UK agriculture by fostering global scientific advances in food and agriculture, which could potentially benefit UK farmers as well.

This aid package is aimed at supporting agricultural development in various countries, focusing on regions like Africa, Asia, and South America.

The funding is allocated to multiple projects designed to enhance food security, promote sustainable farming practices, and possibly support initiatives like low-carbon agriculture in developing countries.

The programme with the largest budget is the “Support to the Global Agricultural and Food Security Programme” - this is receiving £206million in funding from October 2012 to June 2031.

The aim of the programme is “to improve agricultural productivity in developing countries and to increase farmers" access to markets while increasing the economic resilience of poor people globally”.

In 2024/25 alone, the UK is spending £110million on agricultural foreign aid projects and £445 million on environmental foreign aid projects.

The £536million pot from Labour covers 10 agricultural projects in Africa, Asia and South America

The £536million pot from Labour covers 10 agricultural projects in Africa, Asia and South America (see map above).

A significant percentage of this budget (£37,420,000) will go to small and medium-sized farms in Brazil. It also be used to promote low-carbon agriculture practices in the 10th-largest economy in the world

Other beneficiaries include Rwandan farmers, who will pocket £16million to help them produce tea for the first time.

More than £36million will go to Tanzania as part of the Productivity for Prosperity (P4P) scheme that will initially prioritise the agro-processing and horticulture sectors and provide flexible support to bolster the UK’s current and future prosperity objectives.

Here's the full breakdown:

The fund package comes as rebel farmers plot to blockade supermarket distribution centres in response to the Chancellor's decision to impose a 20 per cent inheritance tax on farmers' assets valued over £1million.

Before this change, they enjoyed tax breaks designed to facilitate the transfer of family farms across generations.

Reeves claims that the inheritance tax on agricultural properties is needed to fund public services, including the NHS. She claims only the wealthiest landowners will be affected.

Critics counter that the move will disincentivise hard-working families and cause capital flight, destroying wealth creation in the process.

Rebel farmers plan to blockade supermarket distribution centres in response to the Chancellor's decision

Speaking to GB News, British farmer Charles Goadby claimed that Labour are "destroying food security" for the UK, and it is "beggars belief" that they are sending hundreds of millions of pounds to farmers abroad.

Goadby fumed: "I'm furious, it's beggar's belief to be honest with you. The sad thing is, I'm not even surprised - I don't put anything past this government right now.

"They're imposing this family farm tax on us, and it's going to impact a lot more people. They're just taking the mick out of farmers in this country."

Warning of the large-scale impact the inheritance tax raid will truly have on Britain, Goadby told GB News that we will become "much more reliant on produce from other countries" that "doesn't meet our standards".