13,000 March on Westminster to Protest Farmer Inheritance Tax

Some 13,000 people attended a rally in central London to protest government plans to change inheritance tax rules for farmers. Farmers, political party leaders, and celebrities were among those who headed to Parliament Square to call for the government to row back its decision to introduce 20 percent inheritance tax on farms worth over £1 million, which farmers say they will not be able to afford. One procession was led by small children on toy tractors, symbolic of how the plans could impact future generations of farming. Many at the rally held signs and banners, including ones that said, “No farmers no food no future.”...