Furious farmers to hold major Westminster protest over Labour's Budget land cash raid - as Rachel Reeves tells them it is 'fair' to hit them with death taxes
Daily MailHundreds of furious farmers will hold a major demonstration in central London amid rising anger at Labour's Budget death tax raid on their land. The National Farmers Union is to hold a major Westminster rally next month after Rachel Reeves revoked farmland's exemption from inheritance tax. According to Budget papers, from April 2026 farmers will be able to claim a 100% relief from inheritance tax on the first £1 million of combined agricultural and business assets, falling to 50% beyond that. But Downing Street is confident changes to inheritance tax on farms will not impact food security and insisted there was adequate financial support available to farmers. Cutting the nature-friendly farming budget next year, as implied in this Budget, would be a fool's errand for a government supposedly wanting to fight climate change, protect nature, and support British farmers.