Jeremy Clarkson’s fury as farmers are blocked from ‘tractor tax’ protest at Westminster while Just Stop Oil & pro-Palestinian demos allowed
FARMERS are entitled to protest but most won’t be hit by the inheritance tax raid, Sir Keir Starmer has insisted.yesterday played down fury over the so-called “tractor tax” as thousands of angry farmers prepare to storm London on Tuesday.Farmers are entitled to protest but most won’t be hit by the inheritance tax raid, Sir Keir Starmer has insistedHe also urged ministers to explain the policy better, telling reporters: “It’s important for us to keep communicating how that works.
“As to how the protest takes shape and what the response is, that will be a matter for them and the police for how they respond to it.” A senior minister also revealed plans are being put in place to deal with food shortages if farmers go ahead with their threat totold Sky News: “The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will be setting out plans for the winter and setting out - as business as usual - contingency plans and ensuring that food security is treated as the priority it deserves to be.”
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