Tractors and tanks have descended on Westminster as farmers demand the Labour government rethinks its inheritance tax plan.Hundreds have arrived from the countryside for a protest rally over plans to introduce a 20 per cent inheritance tax rate on farms worth more than £1m.

Large convoys of tractors and tanks filled the streets of Westminster in the latest protest against new inheritance tax rules for farmers. Monday’s rally, organised by Save British Farming, comes as MPs debate an e-petition with more than 150,

And the MP met with a delegation of young farmers who returned to the capital to register their opposition to the tax changes introduced by Chancellor Reeves.

More than 70 tractors drove in convoy around Gloucestershire earlier to protest against inheritance tax changes. In October, the government announced it would charge a 20% inheritance tax on agricultural assets worth more than £1m for the first time, although the threshold for some farmers to pay will be £3m.

Hundreds of tractors converged on central London on Monday as farmers protested against the United Kingdom government's proposed changes to inheritance tax laws, particularly the introduction of a 20-percent tax on farms valued at more than 1 million pounds ($1.27 million).

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