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JEREMY Clarkson volition pb 20,000 farmers successful a march connected Westminster against Labour’s hated "tractor tax".
Farmers are furious astatine a Treasury plans that would spot a 20 per cent levy slapped connected holdings valued supra £1million.
They reason that portion land, buildings, instrumentality and animals whitethorn adhd up to specified a figure, the lone mode other currency could beryllium recovered would beryllium by selling up.
Up to 20,000 expected protesters are backed by an online petition — Overturn the Family Farm Tax — that has truthful acold got 200,000 signatures.
Jezza volition pb the protestation adjacent though helium is inactive recovering from a life-saving bosom op.
The Clarkson’s Farm star, 64, said the planned inheritance levy was “a hugely important issue” for everyone.
He told The Sun: “I volition beryllium there, contempt having letters from doctors telling maine not to spell connected the march and saying I indispensable debar stress.”
Angry Jeremy will permission Diddly Squat Farm to pb a squad of state workers into conflict time against the Government.
With him volition beryllium amusement co-star Kaleb Cooper.
They volition articulation thousands protesting implicit inheritance tax plans that they fearfulness could spot galore household farms having to beryllium sold off.
Jeremy, whose Clarkson’s Farm shows person been a immense hit, told The Sun: “We person got 2 coaches of farmers from astir present who are leaving from Diddly Squat. It is simply a hugely important issue.”
The taxation changes are owed successful April 2026. The Treasury claims they volition impact conscionable 27 per cent of farms, but the National Farmers’ Union accidental astir 2 successful 3 volition beryllium hit.
It has publically urged members not to onslaught oregon disrupt nutrient supplies. However, determination are fears of imaginable blockades.
Rally organiser Olly Harrison said: “The older procreation present consciousness they’re a burden.”
Colleague Clive Bailye added: “We person radical who consciousness similar they person thing to lose.”
Tory person Kemi Badenoch said: “Labour intelligibly doesn’t recognize oregon attraction astir agrarian communities.”
Speaking successful Brazil, PM Sir Keir Starmer said that helium understands changes to inheritance taxation are “causing concern” for farmers.
But Sir Keir insisted “the immense bulk of farms” volition not beryllium affected.
'Catastrophic' levy
Changes to inheritance taxation paid by farmers are "catastrophic" for the cultivation sector, a husbandman has said.
Thousands of farmers are descending connected the superior to protestation against planned changes to cultivation spot relief.
Farmers are arriving astatine Church House Conference Centre wherever NFU members are gathering connected Tuesday morning.
Tom Walton, a husbandman from Buckinghamshire, told the PA quality agency: "My information is to effort and prosecute with the Government to marque them recognize wherefore the changes that they've made successful the Budget are truthful catastrophic for the cultivation assemblage and the nation's nutrient information successful general.
"This is apt to beryllium the archetypal of galore engagements that we person with the Government. If contiguous is successful, past that's terrific, and if not past we volition proceed to use pressure."
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