US EditionFarmers ignore tractor ban and bring inheritance tax protest to Westminster
More than 1,500 tractors defied police bans in London to protest a planned 20% inheritance tax on farms worth over £1 million, highlighting risks to family farms and food security.
- On Wednesday, farmers drove tractors and agricultural machinery into Whitehall and central London on Budget day, defying a Metropolitan Police restriction on vehicles at the demonstration near Parliament.
- Ahead of the Autumn Budget, farmers organised to oppose the inheritance tax plan as Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans a 20% rate on agricultural land and farm businesses worth more than £1 million, following measures introduced last year.
- Police conditions limited where vehicles could remain during the demonstration, and the Metropolitan Police warned breaches could lead to arrests under the Public Order Act, with several detainees after some ignored restrictions.
- Traffic slowed across approaches to Trafalgar Square with tailbacks on the Strand westbound beyond Aldwych and queues on Victoria Embankment between Westminster Bridge and Temple Place.
- Reform UK offered legal support to arrested farmers, while Dan Willis and Berkshire Farmers said several UK farming groups formed the movement and accused the Metropolitan Police of inflaming tensions.
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Thousands of farmers are protesting in London, and they are opposed to the reform of inheritance tax, which they have achieved.
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