Farmers Protest in Portsmouth

The News, Portsmouth

Farmers across Hampshire gathered in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, on Monday, March 24, 2025, as they protest Labour and its plans to change inheritance tax on farms.

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00:00Morning, I'm Kurt Morton. I'm from Andover in Hampshire and I farm 600 acres.

00:04Brilliant. Tell me where we are and what we're doing here today.

00:07We are a group Farmers to Action and we're down here in Portsmouth today to try and lobby the

00:13Labour MPs to fight against this IHT that the Labour government are supposedly imposing.

00:21Tell me what the reaction's been like today.

00:23We've had a positive reaction from the members of the public as always. Everything we do,

00:27we always have a great support off the members of the public. It seems to me that they are fed

00:31up with this government now as well. They've hit just about every sector and corner of the country

00:36in the pocket and people are starting to get fed up with it. We've got 15 other demonstrations

00:42throughout the country going on today. Two in Hampshire, one here in Portsmouth, one in Basingstoke.

00:47Fabulous. I know it's an obvious question. Why is it really important to keep our farmers and,

00:54you know, you doing this today?

00:56I suppose the first thing is we're not making a great deal out of it. You know,

01:00we would be prepared to pay the tax if we were earning a suitable income out of it but we're not.

01:06We are prepared to pay the tax. We pay tax anyway. We'd quite happily pay this IHT

01:10if we were making a decent living out of it. It is not possible. It is not possible to pay it.

01:15It's going to rip our communities apart, rip our livelihoods apart and rip our homes apart.

02:54Apply to IHT for all.

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