US EditionPolice warn of disruption in city centre as farming protest gets underway
- Farmers protested against the government’s family farm tax in Oxford, causing traffic disruptions as tractors arrived at 9 AM.
- Environment Secretary Steve Reed announced a new deal for farmers, aiming to boost profitability and sustainability.
- Farmers expressed concerns that the tax could force them to sell their farms, impacting future generations.
- Local leaders criticized the policy, stating it negatively affects family farmers and the nation's food supply.
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Angry farmers disrupt minister’s speech with loud tractor tax protest in Oxford
Angry farmers disrupted environment secretary Steve Reed’s speech in protest over Labour’s inheritance tax changes. The group gathered outside the Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday (9 January), holding up signs reading: “Fight the tax, save our farms” and “stop the farm tax”. Footage filmed by the Farmer’s Guardian, shows tractors lined up outside the building with loud horns blaring out. Mo Metcalf-Fisher, spokesman for the Countryside All…
Dozens of tractors descend on town centre amid rally against Labour's farming tax raid
Farmers from East Yorkshire held a tractor rally in Beverley as councillors voted on a motion to oppose Labour's Family Farm Tax. More than 100 farmers and a total of 88 tractors gathered at Beverley Westwood with banners and signs opposing the Government’s controversial plan to levy a 20 per cent inheritance tax on agricultural assets worth more than £1million from April 2026.The tractors then circled the town centre, passing County Hall, where…
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