Farmers have disrupted the prime minister’s housing announcement by driving tractors alongside a building site.
Sir Keir Starmer was in Buckinghamshire to announce more than 100 new towns could be built under the government’s plans for the “largest house building programme since the post-war era”.
As he spoke to workers at a housing development, a group of farmers drove their tractors past the site.
They sounded musical horns, disrupting the announcement.
Sir Keir cut the visit short following the protest.
Farmers have staged several protests since the October budget over the government introducing a 20% inheritance tax on farms over £1m from April 2026.
They have accused the government of failing to listen to them and said the tax will mean some will have to sell off land or their entire farms to pay for it, which could affect food production.
Farmer Phillip Weston told Sky News’ Dan Whitehead, at the protest: “He’s not coming to us to talk, so we’re coming to him.”
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