Thousands of farmers from around the country are rallying in central London against Labour’s so-called “tractor tax”.A day of protest at Westminster got under way as hundreds of NFU members lobbied MPs.

Starmer's farmer-alarmer in the Budget could crystalise anger over ministers’ perceived ignorance about agricultural life.

The Government is facing calls from farmers and opposition parties to scrap its changes to agricultural inheritance tax ahead of protests in Westminster. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is holding a mass lobby of MPs with 1,