Farmers disrupted a visit by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Farmers forced British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to cut short a visit to the county of Buckinghamshire in southeast England. They came on tractors to protest against changes in inheritance tax. This was reported by Sky News television channel on February 13.

Starmer arrived Thursday morning in the town of Milton Keynes to give a speech about the largest house building program in the UK in the post-war period. As Sky News noted, while the prime minister was speaking to workers at a housing estate in Milton Keynes, dozens of farmers on tractors drove to the venue and tried to honk their horns to disrupt the event. As a result, the head of the government was forced to cancel the planned communication with the press at the site and shorten his visit.

Protests of farmers in the UK began after the country's Ministry of Finance announced last October that it would raise a number of taxes and fees to close the hole in the budget.

As mentioned in the piece, farmers accused the government of not listening to them and said that because of the tax, some would have to sell land or entire farms to pay for it, which could affect food production.

It is emphasized that protesters unhappy with the increased tax burden shouted "just talk to us" at Starmer.

"He's not coming to talk to us, so we're coming to him," said farmer Phillip Weston.

Local police officials said no arrests were made during the protest.

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On Feb. 10, protesters against the farm inheritance tax drove tractors and four tanks into London's government quarter. The vehicles lined Whitehall Street all the way to Trafalgar Square. The protesters raised British flags and banners in support of agriculture.