Farmers are threatening a new year campaign of disruption against supermarkets in protest of Labour's new inheritance tax policy. Extreme farming groups are planning to block supermarket distribution centers with tractors, potentially causing widespread supply chain issues and leaving shelves empty.
Farmers are planning a New Year assault on supermarkets following Labour's plans to tax them, according to reports. Extreme factions of the farming community are plotting to block supermarket distribution centres with tractors across the country, the Daily Telegraph reported. The disruption to supply chains would increase prices for consumers and leave shelves empty, like they have been during Lockdown when people raced to supermarkets to stock up on toilet paper and other household items.
Campaign sources told the paper they would ramp up their protests until stores reached a 'complete shutdown'. Farmers are furious after Labour subjected their assets to inheritance tax for the first time. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to levy a 20 per cent inheritance tax on farmers' assets worth more than £1million in her first Budget. Farmers have taken to Westminster to protest against the changes, with Jeremy Clarkson and others joining the cause. A national day of action is expected on January 25 with tractors expected to mass outside marginal Labour constituencies. The farmers protest in December. Farmers are furious after Labour subjected their assets to inheritance tax for the first time. A supermarket distribution centre. Extreme factions of the farming community are said to be plotting to block supermarket distribution centres across the country Sainsbury's sorting depot. Campaign sources told the paper they would ramp up their protests until stores reached a 'complete shutdown' But more radical elements plan to blockade supermarket distribution centres unless the Government scraps the policy. One told the Telegraph that the protests could happen as soon as mid-January. They said: 'The first time will be for a short period to show it can be done. Then a 12 or 24-hour shutdown, and ultimately if it gets that far, a complete shutdown until the Government come to the table. 'It could ultimately shut down the economy, no food means serious chao
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