Farage says 100 Labour MPs will be 'getting scared' and putting pressure on No 10 over protests Nigel Farage has called on farmers to continue "persistent and peaceful" campaigning on new inheritance tax rules - claiming that Labour MPs in rural seats would be "getting scared".
He added: "The message I've been putting to them, I think they're listening to, which is 100 Labour MPs now represent rural seats - if they see local communities getting behind these families, they're going to start getting scared, and they're going to start putting pressure on No 10, and let's face it, they're in pretty big trouble already.
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Monday's rally, organised by Save British Farming, comes as MPs debate an e-petition with more than 148,000 signatures that calls for the current inheritance tax exemptions for working farms to be kept.
The changes announced in the budget are due to come into force in April 2026 and scrap an exemption which meant no inheritance tax was paid to pass down family farms.
