Farmers’ protest LIVE: Gridlock as hundreds of tractors join slow drive through Westminster [Video]

Hundreds of tractors began a slow drive through central London on Wednesday afternoon for the second Westminster rally against Labour’s so-called “tractor tax”.

Farmers travelled into the capital from across the country, including from Exmoor, Shropshire, Somerset and the home counties, for the latest protest.

The vehicles lined up on Whitehall from 10am ahead of speeches at noon and a slow drive around central London from about 12.45pm.

The “RIP British Farming” protest is the second major demonstration to be held in London against Labour’s inheritance tax shake-up announced in last month’s Budget, which will see farms with assets with over £1 million lose their exemption to inheritance tax.

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