Mistrust, anger and suspicion of Bill Gates: the view from the UK farmers protest

Thousands of farmers gathered in central London on Tuesday to protest against changes to inheritance tax announced by the Labour government. Inherited agricultural assets such as family farms that are worth over £1m would be taxed at 20%, when they were previously exempt.  Farmers at the protest said this change would mean they would not be able to continue working on their family farms. Amid the anger at the new inheritance tax changes, the Guardian discovered a mistrust of politicians, fear over the future of UK farming and suspicion of Bill Gates

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