Jeremy Clarkson leads 20,000 farmers as they protest inheritance tax | LBC callers react

LBC callers react as 20,000 farmers descend on Whitehall to protest Labour's hike in inheritance tax.

Jeremy Clarkson lead the farmers in a march on central London on Tuesday to protest against changes to inheritance tax, as tensions run high.

Many farmers have warned they may have to sell up after the Labour government’s decision to impose inheritance tax on farms valued above £1 million.

Farmers have expressed fears that the policy could spell the end of family-run farms, while ministers maintain that the measure will only impact large estates.

Farming leaders have denounced the decision as a "betrayal" of rural communities but emphasised that strikes causing food shortages are not their preferred course of action.

Ministers are preparing contingency measures to ensure supermarket shelves remain stocked as farmers escalate protests against a new inheritance tax policy. The government, however, has assured the public that food supplies will not be disrupted.

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