Farmers will gather in London for 2024 farming rally anniversary
17th November 2025
Farmers from across the country will gather at Whitehall tomorrow to mark the anniversary of last year’s major farming rally.
Farmer and YouTuber Olly Harrison announced on his social media that farmers are set to meet at Whitehall, in Central London, at 11 am on Tuesday 18th November to mark the event’s anniversary.
Mr Harrison said: “As you know, last November we were in London, 45,000 of us, including Jeremy Clarkson as well, in Whitehall. We are there a year to the day to mark the anniversary and say you still need to start listening. Agriculture is still being damaged by this policy.
“If you can make it on the 18th, if you’re travelling a distance from London, be there about 11am on Whitehall, basically opposite Downing Street, between Whitehall and Big Ben. See you there.”
Mr Harrison confirmed that this is not a tractor event. Farmers will march on foot.
Confusion ahead of Budget
In November last year, chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that agricultural property relief would be cut to 50% for farms valued over £1 million.
The Country Land and Business Association then estimated that 70,000 farms will be hit by the new legislation, forcing many to sell land or take out loans to pay the tax.
Recently, both media and the farming community have speculated that the Labour government may abandon or alter its IHT plans. However, the latest statement from Dame Angela Eagle offers farmers little hope for change.
The farming minister said: “Despite some of the speculation in the press, there’s no likelihood that will happen. The announcements have been made, and the situation will be as it was announced.
“[…] “I’m afraid there aren’t going to be any changes with respect to the announcement that were made previously about inheritance tax in this instance. We have been in discussions, the Treasury have made their announcements, and they aren’t going to move.”
She claimed that last year’s Budget “put the public finances back on a firm footing” and “provided an urgent cash injection into our faltering public services”, but since then “the world has thrown even more challenges our way”.
She listed the threat of tariffs, volatile supply chains keeping the cost of everyday essentials high, and pressure to increase defence spending, as being among the challenges.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch took a savage swipe at the chancellor, calling the speech “one long waffle bomb” and a “laundry list of excuses”.
Meanwhile, shadow chancellor Mel Stride said Reeves had “made an emergency speech because she is panicking about the speculation she has fuelled”.
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