Farmers in the UK are protesting against planned changes to tax rules, parking their tractors in Whitehall and honking their horns to draw attention to their grievances. They argue that they have been negatively impacted by Brexit and fear further harm from potential trade deals with the US.
Tractors line up in Westminster by farmers, as part of a protest against the planned changes to tax rules, in London, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.This led farmers to park their tractors in Whitehall in protest in recent weeks, beeping their horns to make sure Starmer could hear their discontent.
However, the Country Land and Business Association group claim this is not accurate and the real figure is closer to75% of commercial farm businesses caught in “the eye of this storm”, and to 70,000 farms hit by the tax over time.inheritance tax will push up food prices, lower food production and force them to sell off land to pay the tax.
Tractors and farm vehicles are seen lined up outside the venue of the Welsh Labour Party conference in Llandudno, north-west Wales on November 16, 2024showed their discontent when trade deals signed under Boris Johnson saw more beef and lamb imports from Australia and New Zealand.He added: “Restarting trade talks simply to avoid president-elect Trump’s potential tariffs does not strike me as the right foundation for a balanced trade agreement.
The Lib Dem MP said: “If the Americans start talking to us about trade deals, if we do a food trade deal, sort of meat and dairy with America, it’s quite likely that our standards would have to fall.”A little over a year ago, he spoke at the NFU conference and promised a new era for farming.
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