HUNDREDS of farmers are descending on London in another mass tractor protest over Labour’s “devastating” inheritance tax hikes.
The demonstration – organised by Save British Farming and Kent Fairness for Farmers – will see campaigners park up outside Parliament today.
It coincides with Sir Keir Starmer facing Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons.
In the previous month, a crowd of about 13,000 demonstrators, among them Jeremy Clarkson, gathered in the capital to voice their opposition to the tractor tax proposed in Rachel Reeves‘ inaugural Budget.
It will see farmers paying a 20 percent levy on agricultural assets worth more than £1million.
Sector leaders say the change will have a devastating impact on already struggling family farms.
‘THIS IS WAR’
Around 300 farmers are expected to drive to central London – with photos showing some arriving in Millbank on a transporter.
They began gathering at 10am – with speeches set to be made at midday.
At 12.45pm, the tractors will begin a slow drive before returning to Parliament.
Organiser of Kent Fairness For Farmers and cattle rancher Matt Cullen declared, “Farmers must now band together to resist these tax measures imposed by the authorities.”
“We need to show this government that we will not be pushed over and have our farms destroyed!
“This is war and we will win and force the government into a U-turn.”
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Jeremy, aged 64 and proprietor of Diddly Squat farm, reflected on the protest happening a month ago: “This is my first time protesting, and it’s something we shouldn’t have been forced to do.”
Asked about the new “tractor tax” rules, he added: “I think DEFRA were pushed into it.
“I don’t think there’s a much of an appetite in DEFRA for it because they have to deal with farmers, they know how cross they are.
“I think it was the treasury. I think it was comrade Reeves.
“The treasury have suggested it, she’s lapped it up.”
He went on to say: “When you’ve made a mistake like the government has done, you take a step back and say ‘I’ve cocked up slightly there’.
“It would be nice to think they are big enough to say that.”
ARLENE FOSTER: Farmers’ betrayal proves NO ONE is safe from Labour’s grasping hands
By farmer’s daughter Dame Arlene Foster
LABOUR’S farm tax betrayal is a policy so out of touch it could only come from a party increasingly defined by the politics of envy.
These changes are not only a financial blow but an attack on a way of life that has sustained our country for generations.
As someone who has seen first-hand the relentless challenges farmers face, I cannot stay silent.
Farming is, without question, one of the hardest professions. Imagine working 80-hour weeks, often in isolation, braving rain, frost, or blistering heat to put food on the tables of millions.
All this while navigating mountains of bureaucracy from government agencies on one side and fending off the relentless demands for lower prices from supermarket giants on the other.
For most, the rewards are meagre, and yet they persist—not for wealth but for pride in their work and the hope of leaving something behind for their children.
This inheritance tax proposal strikes at the very heart of that hope
Labour’s policy is a stark reminder of what happens when ideology trumps understanding.
This is a government driven not by fairness but by a desire to punish those who work hard and build something for their families.
First, they came for the pensioners, stripping them of their winter fuel allowances.
Now, they are coming for the farmers, threatening the very existence of family-run farms.
Who will be next? Small business owners? Homeowners?
It seems that no one who seeks to create and pass on a legacy is safe from Labour’s grasping hand.
