Farmers' anger at Labour mayor as Tube chiefs ban anti-inheritance tax adverts for having 'politically controversial' anti-Government message

London transport bosses have been accused of 'trying to silence' farmers after they banned their anti-inheritance tax adverts from the Tube over their 'politically controversial' anti-Government message. The National Farmers' Union planned to spend £40,000 on posters around Westminster station with its 'Stop The Family Farm Tax' campaign slogan to attract MPs' attention to the row when they return to Parliament on January 6. They will be hit by higher food prices and weakened food security once Labour's Family Farm Tax and National Insurance hikes take their toll on British farms.' Transport for London, which reports to the capital's Labour mayor Sadiq Khan, say the adverts do not comply with their rules Tractors pass through Parliament Square as farmers stage a protest against inheritance tax The National Farmers' Union planned to spend £40,000 on posters around Westminster station with its 'Stop The Family Farm Tax' campaign slogan Farmers have carried out protests since the Budget, when the plans to make families of farmers pay tax on their land when they die were announced.