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Farmers 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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Several arrests after farmers bring tractors to capital for Budget protest
Reform UK promised to provide legal support for those held by the Metropolitan Police Several people have been arrested after farmers drove tractors into central London for a Budget day protest, despite police restrictions. Reform UK said it would pay for the defence of farmers arrested at the demonstration, saying it was “outrageous”. The Metropolitan Police had warned: “Anyone breaching conditions by bringing vehicles, including tractors or ag…
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