Union leader tells rally inheritance tax reforms are ‘kick in the teeth’ for the struggling sector
Thousands of farmers have taken to the streets of London in a bid to overturn the UK government’s recent changes to inheritance tax rules that they say will kill off the family farm and threaten food security. Landowners from across the country joined a rally near Parliament Square on Tuesday, holding banners with slogans that read “We just want to feed you” and “Save family farms”, in a demonstration against what the sector has dubbed a “family farm tax”.
National Farmers’ Union president Tom Bradshaw called the policy “the straw that broke the camel’s back” for the sector. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen the industry this angry, this disillusioned and this upset,” he said. “After years of changing policy and 18 months of some of the worst weather on record, the Budget has been a kick in the teeth,” he told the crowd of protesters.
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