Farmers have today accused Sir Keir Starmer of wiping out Britain’s next farming generation as hundreds of tractors took over Westminster in a protest against planned changes to inheritance tax.
Hundreds of tractors have descended on the capital just hours before MPs are due to debate a petition calling for current tax exemptions for working farms to remain in place.
Speaking from Westminster, angry farmers accused the Prime Minister of killing off the next generation of farmers with families claiming they will be forced to sell their land to avoid a hefty tax bill.
One said: ‘This Labour policy will kill British farming and kill our food security. We can’t be dependant on other countries. I could be the generation that loses it, it’s heartbreaking and soul destroying.’
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