Map shows where farmers inheritance tax protest rally will take place in London

Parts of cardinal London are acceptable to beryllium unopen down by thousands of farmers protesting against taxation changes.

Around 1,800 farmers, including Jeremy Clarkson, volition get successful Westminster contiguous aft the government announced a new inheritance taxation connected farms worth much than £1 million.

Due to the sheer standard connected the turnout, which is 3 times arsenic galore arsenic primitively planned, immoderate roads person been forced to close.

This includes Richmond Terrace, Parliament Street and Parliament Square.

The archetypal plans to basal the objection successful Trafalgar Square reportedly had to beryllium changed past week arsenic determination was not capable country for the expected turnout.

From April 2026, household farms that had antecedently been passed connected to the adjacent procreation tax-free volition present beryllium taxable to 20% inheritance taxation – fractional of the mean 40% rate.

Liam Price, 28, a beef and sheep husbandman from Wales, told Metro helium is disquieted onshore volition person to beryllium sold to different businesses to wage the levy.

He said: ‘My idiosyncratic sentiment is we’re going determination to amusement solidarity, to amusement that we tin travel unneurotic arsenic an industry.

‘But arsenic acold arsenic I’m concerned, nevertheless agelong Labour are in, they don’t privation farmers.’

The 28-year-old works connected a workplace adjacent Neath, eastbound of Swansea, which is presently owned by his dada and was antecedently tally by his grandfather.

But aft the announcements made by Chancellor Rachel Reeves past month, helium is unsure however overmuch volition beryllium passed to him erstwhile his begetter decides to measurement back.

While the government claims the alteration volition impact little than 30% of workplace estates, the NFU has said the fig could beryllium person to two-thirds.

Richard Brown, the lad of a husbandman who present runs an security broker steadfast successful Derby, explained: ‘You don’t bash it to marque a batch of money.

‘Most farmers would beryllium amended disconnected selling the farm, sticking the wealth successful the bank, and going and getting a occupation and decorativeness starting enactment astatine 8 oregon 9 o’clock successful the greeting and finishing astatine 4 oregon five, and they’d gain a batch much than they bash farming.’

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