Farm Inheritance Tax Demonstration

A large-scale farm inheritance tax demonstration took place in Newcastle upon Tyne on Sunday, November 23, 2025. The protest, organized by the grassroots group Farmers Unite, involved over 100 tractors leaving from Newburn  and converging on the city centre to oppose the UK government's proposed changes to inheritance tax laws.

Participants and tractors gathered from across the North , including Northumberland, Cumbria, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and North Yorkshire.

The primary goal was to protest the planned reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR), which are scheduled to take effect from April 2026

Under the government's proposal, inherited farm assets worth more than £1 million would be subject to a 20% inheritance tax, a change that farming organisations have branded a "devastating family farm tax". This may necessitate land being sold off to pay the tax and in many cases this would leave the remaining land uneconomic to farm. 

Protesters argue that many farms are "land rich but cash poor" and that the tax could force families to sell off land and assets to cover the substantial tax bills, threatening the survival of multi-generational family farms and the nation's food security.

The event was organized by Farmers Unite and was part of a broader "unity" campaign involving other groups, including the National Farmers' Union (NFU) and various retailers and food supply businesses, who have urged the Prime Minister to halt the changes.

The Participants

Most of the participants that left Newburn can be seen in the sections below.  I missed one or two when passing cars obliterated the view. The photographs were taken on Scotswood Road just past the Newburn bridge.

If you would like a memento  of the event I can provide coloured mugs with your image edited to remove street lights, bins. passing cars etc and cropped to the right size to fit a mug.

Text can be added on the mug with your name, the event, date and make/model of tractor.

Mugs are £16 each or £55 for 4. 

Choose the colour you want (from red, yellow, black, white, green, purple, pink, orange, dark blue, light blue) and let me know what text you would like on the mug. 

To identify the tractor, please let me know what colour section it is in, which column (left , middle or right) it appears in and what number in the column (first second third or fourth)  together with the make, model and colour of the tractor.

I will prepare a digital video of what the mug will look like for you to check and when you are happy with the result I will add it to my next print batch. I send them away to be printed.

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