Do you help the farmers’ protests? Take our ballot and have your say
As farmers drive their tractors up the streets of Parliament this morning in a second protest in as many months over changes to inheritance tax, we ask if you support them or not?
Save British Farming and Kent Fairness aim to reach the chamber just ahead of Sir Keir Starmer facing off at Prime Minister’s Questions at noon.
Last month saw some 13,000 people rally in the capital to protest the government’s plans to impose a 20% inheritance tax on agricultural assets worth more than £1 million, starting in April 2026.
Labour insists that only the wealthiest 500 estates each year will be affected, with the new policy bringing in £520 million to plug the £22 billion ‘black hole’ the Tories left behind. Plus, they argue that with other allowances, as much as £3 million could be passed on without triggering inheritance tax. But the National Farmers Union and the Country Land and Business Association estimate that up to 70,000 farms could still be impacted by the changes.
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Kent Fairness For Farmers organiser and beef farmer Matt Cullen told the Independent: “The time has now come for farmers to unite and stand up and fight back against the government tax decisions. 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.”
