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Over 1,500 farmers sent out a clear message to their MPs at the NFU rally, demanding the family farm tax to be stopped and properly consulted on

NFU president Tom Bradshaw said the situation around Inheritance Tax changes will be only be resolved by sitting down with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves ‘but at the moment she is refusing to meet with us'

Speaking to Farmers Guardian at today's demonstrations, Sir Ed Davey said the failures of the previous Government meant the Budget was 'the straw that broke the camel's back'

Everything farmers need to know from London rally

The reforms to Agricultural Property Relief will be used to 'invest in our schools and health services that farmers and families in rural communities rely on'

Mr Bradshaw is expected to say: "I do not think I have ever seen the industry this angry, this disillusioned and this upset. And given what we have had to be angry about in recent years that is saying something"

Defra Secretary Steve Reed said ‘the vast majority of farmers would not be affected at all by the changes', and urged farmers ‘not to believe every alarming claim or headline'

In a debate led by Conservative MP for Chester South and Eddisbury, Aphra Brandreth, she said the cause of stress for farmers, particularly more recently, has been Government policy

The event is separate to the NFU's lobby being held on the same day, but organisers stressed the events were 'complimentary' and not in competition with one another