British beer is under threat because of the Government’s “tractor tax” that could sound “the death knell” for hop farmers, Keir Starmer has been warned. The Telegraph has the story.

The British Hop Association (BHA) said Labour’s inheritance tax raid could sound “the death knell” for hop producers, forcing breweries to import the crop from abroad instead.

Hops, which give beers and ales their bitter flavour, are the flower of the common hop plant and have been used by British brewers since the medieval period.