Farmers are accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of misleading the public over controversial inheritance tax changes, as protests disrupted his visit to Milton Keynes today.
It comes as Starmer was forced to abandon his housing policy visit in Milton Keynes after farmers staged a noisy tractor protest.
Speaking to GB News, Farmer Phillip Weston said: "Look, the reasons why we're here are still present. They're not going away. We're still not getting listened too.
"So when we ended up getting a bit of information the other day, it was something we actually had to act on. We couldn't ignore it.
"Starmer isn't coming to us to talk. Unfortunately, it's gotten to the stage where we're having to go to him to try and talk. "
"He drove past us initially. We asked him to just talk to us. We can't do anything else but reiterate the fact that we need to start some engagement. We had some good debating in London on Monday after the tractor rally.
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"Then we then have four minutes of talking from the Labour chap again and he just repeats the same rhetoric, it IS a case of saying enough times in your head and believe it yourself.
"People are starting to get sick and tired of the lies, and that is what it amounts to.
"It is lies. We were lied to prior to the election, and we're still being lied to now. And unfortunately they are leading the public astray on this.
"I think the public are now slowly but surely coming around to the fact that actually we know why we're here and we have now got the figures, we know how much it's going to hurt us all individually."
The demonstration was the latest in a series of protests against Labour's proposed changes to inheritance tax rules for farmers.
Around a dozen tractors blocked the exit near the housing project, with their musical horns blaring across the building site shortly after the Prime Minister arrived.
The farmers gathered from across the region, with some travelling from as far as Northamptonshire to join the protest.
Thames Valley Police said they facilitated a peaceful protest off the A509 and liaised with protesters at the scene, with no arrests made.
In response to the protests, Starmer defended the controversial tax changes, framing them as a matter of public priorities.
"These are political choices, but what you can't have is interest rates coming down, the growth we need in the economy, your waiting lists coming down, and maintain the tax break for farmers," the Prime Minister said.
He challenged the public directly: "Do they want their waiting lists to come down, do they want their mortgages to come down, the economy to start working for everyone?
"That is what we are trying to achieve. Or do we want to give tax breaks for farmers?"
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It comes as Starmer was forced to abandon his housing policy visit in Milton Keynes after farmers staged a noisy tractor protest.
Speaking to GB News, Farmer Phillip Weston said: "Look, the reasons why we're here are still present. They're not going away. We're still not getting listened too.
"So when we ended up getting a bit of information the other day, it was something we actually had to act on. We couldn't ignore it.
"Starmer isn't coming to us to talk. Unfortunately, it's gotten to the stage where we're having to go to him to try and talk. "
"He drove past us initially. We asked him to just talk to us. We can't do anything else but reiterate the fact that we need to start some engagement. We had some good debating in London on Monday after the tractor rally.
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"Then we then have four minutes of talking from the Labour chap again and he just repeats the same rhetoric, it IS a case of saying enough times in your head and believe it yourself.
"People are starting to get sick and tired of the lies, and that is what it amounts to.
"It is lies. We were lied to prior to the election, and we're still being lied to now. And unfortunately they are leading the public astray on this.
"I think the public are now slowly but surely coming around to the fact that actually we know why we're here and we have now got the figures, we know how much it's going to hurt us all individually."
The demonstration was the latest in a series of protests against Labour's proposed changes to inheritance tax rules for farmers.
Around a dozen tractors blocked the exit near the housing project, with their musical horns blaring across the building site shortly after the Prime Minister arrived.
The farmers gathered from across the region, with some travelling from as far as Northamptonshire to join the protest.
Thames Valley Police said they facilitated a peaceful protest off the A509 and liaised with protesters at the scene, with no arrests made.
In response to the protests, Starmer defended the controversial tax changes, framing them as a matter of public priorities.
"These are political choices, but what you can't have is interest rates coming down, the growth we need in the economy, your waiting lists coming down, and maintain the tax break for farmers," the Prime Minister said.
He challenged the public directly: "Do they want their waiting lists to come down, do they want their mortgages to come down, the economy to start working for everyone?
"That is what we are trying to achieve. Or do we want to give tax breaks for farmers?"
Find Out More...