Farmers across the UK could be forced to sell fields at a lower value than the going market rate under proposals put forward by the government to build new homes and hospitals.
11 Mar
Keir Starmer was forced to abandon his visit to a construction site in Buckinghamshire on Friday after the event was gatecrashed by farmers blaring tractor horns.
13 Feb
Nigel Farage has thrown his weight behind farmers staging a tractor protest outside Parliament on Monday, urging them to keep up the pressure against Labour’s planned inheritance tax changes.
10 Feb
A dairy farmer in Sheffield has accused the government of “moving the goalposts” with the inheritance tax, which will impact a number of farms across the country.
17 Jan
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner accuses farmers of 'scaremongering' over inheritance tax in PMQs - after mass protests took over parts of central London yesterday.
20/11/2024
Keir Starmer has been urged to reverse the planned change to inheritance tax before he causes the "end of farming as we know it" - but Labour hit out at "misinformation" fuelling protests.
19/11/2024
A Labour minister has told LBC that claims that 70,000 farms will be affected by the inheritance tax change amount to misinformation.
19/11/2024
Sometimes you have to go and see for yourself. There are plenty of political blowhards and a few conspiracy nuts getting in on the farmers' protests.
19/11/2024
Sir Keir Starmer has hit out at Jeremy Clarkson over his suggestion that 96 per cent of farmers will be impacted by the Chancellor's changes to inheritance tax.
19/11/2024
A couple who drove more than 150 miles to attend the Westminster farmers protests with their baby have been left stranded in the capital after their truck was stolen from outside their hotel.
19/11/2024
Thousands of farmers are in Whitehall today to protest Labour's planned changes to inheritance tax on farms worth over £1m.
19/11/2024
Jeremy Clarkson has told of his fury at Chancellor Rachel Reeves as he joins 20,000 farmers marching on Downing Street.
19/11/2024
Thousands of farmers are set to take to London’s streets today to protest the Government’s decision in the Autumn Budget to introduce a tax of 20% on inherited farming assets above £1million.
19/11/2024
Jeremy Clarkson will lead 20,000 farmers in a march on central London on Tuesday to protest against changes to inheritance tax, as tensions run high.
18/11/2024
The government is bracing for its largest protest over domestic policy since Labour came to power as farmers are set to take to the streets of Westminster tomorrow.
18/11/2024
