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Dont bite the hand that feeds you British farmers unite against PM Starmer

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“Don't bite the hand that feeds you”: British farmers unite against PM Starmer​

Hundreds of British protesters opposing changes to inheritance tax rules for farms gathered outside the Welsh Labour conference as the prime minister defended his government's recent Budget measures, the BBC reported.

“Don't bite the hand that feeds you”: British farmers unite against PM Starmer

Farming unions have said the planned changes will have "disastrous" consequences.

Keir Starmer told the conference in Llandudno, Conwy, he would defend the Budget "all day long" for taking "tough decisions that were necessary to stabilize our economy".

Dozens of tractors and farm vehicles were parked on the prom outside the conference at Venue Cymru.

Signs reading "Enough is enough" and "No Farmers No Food" were held up as conference attendees entered the building.

Conwy County farmer and broadcaster Gareth Wyn Jones said he and others were taking part in the protest to "air their frustrations".

He described the changes to inheritance tax rules as a "massive bombshell" that would affect "thousands" of farming families.

Meanwhile, one of the organizers Gareth Wyn Jones, a Welsh farmer and YouTuber, told Sky News that farmers will deliver Starmer a letter which starts "'don't bite the hand that feeds you".

The UK premier was accused of “running out the backdoor like a rat” to avoid scores of angry farmers outside the conference.

source: tehrantimes.com