Carla Lockhart at the UFU rally

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart was one of the speakers at tonight's UFU rally. She heads to London tomorrow to attend the event in Westminster

Transcript

00:00It's great to be in the Econ Centre here tonight and I believe this is our

00:05opportunity in Northern Ireland to send a strong message to the Labour

00:09government that we say no to this tax grab. This will have a devastating impact

00:15on our family farms across Northern Ireland and across the United Kingdom

00:19and will put our food security in jeopardy. I've been working at Westminster,

00:23been speaking out against it, I've been voting against it, hoping to try and

00:28amend the legislation that's forthcoming on it and I've sent a

00:32cross-party letter to the Chancellor which has the support of all Northern

00:37Ireland sitting MPs and peers calling on the Chancellor to stop with this tax.

00:43And what will be happening tomorrow in Westminster? So tomorrow in Westminster

00:48it's going to be very busy. I'm getting the red-eye flight out. I will be

00:51standing shoulder-to-shoulder with those farmers who are travelling to

00:56London to send a clear message to the government that they do not support this

01:01tax grab. Are you expecting a huge turnout in London tomorrow? I think London will be

01:06extremely busy. I look forward to it because I think it will be the first

01:12sign to the Labour government that they need to stop with this tax regime.