Farmers have disrupted the prime minister’s housing announcement by driving tractors alongside a constructing web site.
Sir Keir Starmer was in Buckinghamshire to announce greater than 100 new cities may very well be constructed underneath the federal government’s plans for the “largest house building programme since the post-war era”.
As he spoke to employees at a housing improvement, a bunch of farmers drove their tractors previous the positioning.
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Farmers stage an illustration throughout Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s go to to a housing improvement in Buckinghamshire.
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They sounded musical horns, disrupting the announcement.
Sir Keir reduce the go to brief following the protest.
Farmers have staged a number of protests for the reason that October funds over the federal government introducing a 20% inheritance tax on farms over £1m from April 2026.
They’ve accused the federal government of failing to hearken to them and mentioned the tax will imply some must unload land or their total farms to pay for it, which might have an effect on meals manufacturing.
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