British farmers have descended on Parliament to protest a tax hike they say will deal a “hammer blow” to struggling family farms

Thousands of farmers flooded the streets of London protesting an inheritance tax on agricultural land that they say would devastate family farms. The U.K. government says the tax would mainly affect rich individuals who bought farmland as an investment.

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of farmers protested at Britain's parliament on Tuesday, some driving tractors through central London, to demand the scrapping of an inheritance tax that they say will destroy family farms and threaten food production.

British farmers are descending on Parliament to protest a hike in inheritance tax that they say will deal a “hammer blow” to struggling family farms

Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists the "vast majority" of farms will be unaffected.