AROUND 13,000 farmers headed to London on Tuesday (November 19) to protest against changes to inheritance tax. 

The existing Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) will only apply to the first £1million of combined agricultural and business property. For anything above that, landowners will pay a 20% tax rate, rather than the standard 40% rate of inheritance tax (IHT) applied to other land and property.

This will apply from April 2026, and the government says it will not affect the 'vast majority' of farms.

However, analysis from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and the NFU suggests that 75% of food production could be affected by the changes.

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There were two rallies in London on Tuesday - one organised by the NFU at Church House in Westminster, and another organised by independent farmers at Richmond Terrace on Whitehall. 

The independent procession was led by a group of young children on toy tractors, and was followed by farmers holding various signs and banners saying things like 'Axe The Family Farm Tax', 'Kier Starmer Farmer Harmer' and 'No Farmers, No Food, No Future'. 

The Metropolitan Police estimated that around 13,000 people attended the protests.