British farmers protested against inheritance tax changes that tax agricultural assets over £1 million at 20% from 2026, fearing it will reduce food security and harm family farms.

The tax plan would impose a 20 percent inheritance tax rate on farms worth more than £1 million. Footage from Rahim Ahmed shows a line of tractors in the Knightsbridge area of London. One of the tractors can be seen bearing a sign that says,

Officers ordered a farming protester to scrub dirt off a tractor number plate at a protest against Labour's death tax changes.

Labour has insisted it will not U-turn on plans to introduce inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million.

Young farmers join mass tractor protest in London against Labour’s inheritance tax reforms, warning the policy will force family farms out of business.

We're producing cheap food for the country. We're not getting supported, and we're being asked to pay more and more tax,' says protesting farmer - Anadolu Ajansı

Kent farmers have taken their tractors to London in protest against changes to inheritance tax. From April 2026, inherited agricultural assets worth more than £1m, which were previously exempt, will be liable to the tax at 20%,

Angry farmers blocked roads in central London in a protest against the proposed inheritance tax on farms. Thousands of landowners and their supporters took to the streets, rallying in opposition to changes to the levy by the socialist Labour government.

Hundreds of tractors gridlock Westminster as farmers protest against inheritance tax plan - Farmers protested in Whitehall and Parliament Square on Monday, blasting their horns to tunes including Old MacDonald Had A Farm.