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Labour’s farming minister was marooned in a taxi when offended protesters blocked his automobile from leaving a gathering. Daniel Zeichner was reportedly compelled to take a seat within the automobile after a tractor “broke down” throughout the automobile park entrance.

Footage posted on-line of the Farmers to Action protest in opposition to Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax confirmed the minister sitting helplessly within the automobile, with stories suggesting he then pulled down the blinds to cover away. He was assembly meals producers at Tavistock’s Bedford Hotel to debate “the future of Dartmoor farming”.

In a put up on-line, the protest group mentioned they needed to debate the impression of the Government’s insurance policies with Mr Zeichner.

It added: “It doesn’t seem like they want to listen. Our farmers will not back down. Abolish inheritance tax for all.”

It is known that Mr Zeichner didn’t get out of the automobile to talk to farmers exterior the occasion.

He beforehand sparked fury after it was claimed he instructed a rural convention that farmers are “not high on the pecking order” of the federal government.

The Chancellor mentioned that from April 2026, mixed agricultural and enterprise property belongings as much as £1million will nonetheless obtain 100% aid however something above that shall be taxed at an efficient fee of 20%.

Asset-rich farmers who’re cash-poor worry they should dump their land, making it unviable for meals manufacturing, to foot the tax invoice.

The Daily Express’s Save Britain’s Family Farms campaign has demanded a U-turn.

A authorities spokeswoman mentioned: “Our commitment to farmers remains steadfast.

“This Government will invest £5billion into farming over the next two years, the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history.

“We are going further with reforms to boost profits for farmers by backing British produce and reforming planning rules on farms to support food production.

“Our reform to Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs will mean farmers will pay a reduced inheritance tax rate of 20%, rather than the standard 40% for other businesses, and payments can be spread over 10 years, interest-free. This is a fair and balanced approach, which fixes the public services we all rely on, affecting around 500 estates a year.”