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Angry farmers challenge Labour on tax
Farmers protest in central London over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules in the recent budget which introduce new taxes on farms worth more than �1 million. Picture date: Tuesday November 19, 2024
ANGRY farmers laid siege to Westminster today as they protested against the Budget’s introduction of inheritance tax on farms.
Shouts of “kick Starmer out” resonated across Parliament Square and outside Downing Street as more than 10,000 farmers rallied to hear speeches demanding a Labour U-turn on the tax.
Celebrity farmer and right-wing TV personality Jeremy Clarkson, unabashed by an admission earlier in his rustic career that he had bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax, said: “I beg the government to accept that this was rushed through.
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