Politics News

Thousands of farmers have been marching through the London streets today to protest against changes to the inheritance tax announced by the Labour government. 

Tomorrow, thousands of farmers will gather at Westminster to once again express their dissatisfaction with governmental policies, particularly changes to the inheritance tax. Here is all you should know. 

The CCC’s Seventh Carbon Budget to the government has recommended a substantial cut to livestock numbers and meat consumption.

Defra has shared much-awaited news on the farming grants that will be available this year, including Higher Level Stewardship and Capital Grants.

Three generations of a farming family have delivered a “heartfelt message” to chancellor Rachel Reeves, saying that the unjust family farm tax will deny children a future in the British farming industry. 

Two activists wearing carrot masks interrupted Tom Bradshaw’s opening speech at the NFU Conference urging the audience to go vegan for the planet.

Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs Steve Reed has made a number of pledges to British farmers during the NFU Conference 2025 to “improve profitability for farmers up and down the country”.

NFU president Tom Bradshaw has opened this year’s NFU Conference by saying that the Family Farm Tax is “morally wrong” and calling on the government to keep the promise Labour made to farmers amid general elections.

More than 200 tractors and other machinery gathered on the Royal Welsh Showground last week to outline the shocking effects of the government’s inheritance tax plans on the rural economy.

A roadshow aimed at airing the challenges farming families face when planning to hand over to the next generation is set to kick off next week.

Organisers of the November rally have announced that another farming protest will be held in London next month.

Farming campaigners have called on the government to urgently reset its relationship with the countryside, 20 years after the Hunting Act came into force under the then Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.