Farmers protest against inheritance tax on farms ‘blocked’ by police

Farmers protest outside the Northern Farming Conference in Hexham in Northumberland against the government’s proposals to reform inheritance tax (IHT) rules (Picture: PA)

Farmers have been blocked from staging a protest against the government’s ‘tactor tax’, Jeremy Clarkson has claimed.

The former Top Gear presenter was among hundreds planning to rally on November 19 against the Budget change to inheritance tax for farms.

But the National Farmers Union (NFU) said a mass demonstration has been cancelled due to ‘legal issues’.