What the farmers' protest tells us about their argument with the government
The farmers' demonstration was best summed up in two images: real tractors being driven by farmers around Parliament Square, and beside them a collection of toy tractors being peddled around by their children.
What’s really behind the farmers’ protest (and it’s not just IHT)
On Tuesday morning, the first snow of winter was disrupted by the sound and sight of thousands of farmers who had descended on Westminster, along with their tractors, to protest against Labour’s inheritance tax raid.
Thousands of farmers protest against inheritance tax changes
The number of farms that could be affected by the inheritance tax change is also disputed. The government says it will only affect the wealthiest 500 estates each year but the NFU and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) have estimated up to 70,000 farms could be affected.
Farmers’ protest – live: Thousands set to march on Westminster in fury over Starmer’s inheritance tax hike
First unveiled in chancellor Rachel Reeves ’s Budget, the plans to impose inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1m have sparked fury among rural communities, who have contested the government’s assertion that small family farms will not be impacted by the changes.
Government accused of ‘hammer blow’ to farmers as thousands protest in London
Farmers flocked to Whitehall to protest against changes to inheritance tax and other measures in last month’s Budget.
U.K. Farmers Protest in London Over Inheritance Tax Change
Farms worth more than about $1.3 million will face an estate tax from 2026, ending a previous exemption and prompting anger in some rural communities.
Thousands of British farmers protest against 'tractor tax' on inheritance
Thousands of farmers protested at Britain's parliament on Tuesday, some driving tractors through central London, to demand the scrapping of an inheritance tax that they say will destroy family farms and threaten food production.
Why are farmers protesting around the UK?
But from fields to the front of the Houses of Parliament, tractors and farmers drove through the streets of London on Tuesday. They were protesting a new tax that has been introduced by the government,
Tough news for protesting farmers: Labour doesn’t actually need their votes
Farmers don’t make up that much of the Labour vote – but that doesn’t mean the government can afford to be complacent about rural communities.
UK: Tractors in the streets of London during farmers protest
London, United Kingdom - 19, 2024 British farming communities held the demonstration in response to new inheritance tax regulations on agricultural land. This footage illustrates farmers riding in tractors through the streets of London during protest.
Farmers protest in London over Labour's inheritance tax hike
Footage shows a farmer's protest at Whitehall in central London over Labour's inheritance tax hike on November 19. Thousands of farm owners and workers from across the country rallied amid anger at the government's proposed changes to inheritance tax.
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