What the farmers' protest tells us about their argument with the government
The farmers' demonstration was best summed up in two images: real tractors being driven by farmers around Parliament Square, and beside them a collection of toy tractors being peddled around by their children.
What’s really behind the farmers’ protest (and it’s not just IHT)
On Tuesday morning, the first snow of winter was disrupted by the sound and sight of thousands of farmers who had descended on Westminster, along with their tractors, to protest against Labour’s inheritance tax raid.
Tough news for protesting farmers: Labour doesn’t actually need their votes
Farmers don’t make up that much of the Labour vote – but that doesn’t mean the government can afford to be complacent about rural communities.
Farmers protest in London over Labour's inheritance tax hike
Footage shows a farmer's protest at Whitehall in central London over Labour's inheritance tax hike on November 19. Thousands of farm owners and workers from across the country rallied amid anger at the government's proposed changes to inheritance tax.
UK: UK farmers protest against farm inheritance tax
London, United Kingdom - 19, 2024 Around 13,000 farmers from across the UK gathered in London on Tuesday to protest a new farm inheritance tax policy, arguing that the tax will place a significant burden and destroy family farms across the country.
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