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Over the recent months, we have continued to meet with our MPs from across the county at Royal Cornwall Show, Local Shows and on farm with members, with more planned over the coming months to continue the engagement with them and to allow members to explain how the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax will affect them and their families. 

We have four Labour and two Liberal Democrat MPs in Cornwall. To date, all have been receptive to conversations and evidence provided by members regarding the impact of the proposed IHT changes. We need to continue providing examples of how this policy will affect families, farming businesses, and the wider rural community across Cornwall. Please continue to write to and engage with your MP, and encourage others from your constituency to do the same, so that our MPs can encourage their own party and the government to reconsider this policy.

Over the coming months, events are being planned to engage MPs further on this issue, and we are working locally to organise on-farm meetings with our MPs in their local constituencies.

I began my first ever County Update by reflecting on the events of the Royal Cornwall Show, and in the weeks that have followed, we have also been attending a number of our Local Shows, such as Liskeard, Stithians and Launceston. 

To reference a well known phrase, 鈥淭here鈥檚 no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing鈥�. Our shows across Cornwall have continued to come with a whole range of weather conditions, often within the same day, and impossible to dress for. Nonetheless, the attendance at each local show has been good, with a great community feel at each. Thanks go to the local Group Office teams who undertake a lot of the planning, preparation and running of the stands on the day; but also the members who drop in to have a cup of tea and say hello, and those who we see out and about around the show ring and showground.

We still have Camelford Show to come in the middle of the month, and we'll be at Holsworthy and Stratton Show later in August, taking place around the border between us and Devon. 

In Cornwall, we have two National Landscape designations, the and the . 

Both organisations administer a FiPL (Farming in Protected Landscapes) programme, which has been and will fund on-farm projects that support nature recovery, mitigate the impacts of climate change, provide opportunities for people to discover, enjoy and understand the landscape and its cultural heritage, and protect or improve the quality and character of the landscape or place. 

Applications for over 拢10,000 are judged by a local assessment panel. 

Further details and guidance on how to apply to the FiPL programme:

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