Thousands of farmers have marched on Westminster in a passionate protest about the government's planned changed to inheritance tax.

High-profile attendees at the rally included Jeremy Clarkson, Nigel Farage, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Katie Hopkins.

Sir Kier Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves have stood firm in the face of fierce farming opposition to plans to widen inheritance tax rules to include farmers.

From April 2026, inherited agricultural assets worth more than £1million, which were previously exempt, will be liable to the tax at 20% - half the usual inheritance tax rate.

Other allowances and exemptions mean a couple who are married or in a civil partnership could pass on a farm worth as much as £3million without incurring tax.

But many farmers make the point that, while they are rich in terms of assets such as land and livestock, they are cash poor and the tax changes would force them to sell up.

The BBC reports Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers' Union (NFU), branded the move a "stab in the back" and "the straw that broke the camel's back".

Defending the tax change, the prime minister said: "I think it's very important for me to keep making the case that it's only farms and assets over £3million in a typical case of parents wanting to pass on to their children, and therefore, for that reason, I'm confident that the vast majority of farms will not be affected."

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