Over 100 tractors rally outside parliament as concern over policy grows
More than 100 tractors rallied outside the Houses of Parliament as part of the industry’s latest protest against the direction of government policy.
Tractors taking part in the go-slow protest on Monday evening (25 March) made their way through central London’s streets to Westminster.
Some were flying the Union Jack flags, others were carrying signs with phrases such as ‘Save British farming’ and ‘no farming, no food, no future’.
Organised by campaign groups Fairness For Farmers and Save British Farming, the industry’s latest protest surrounded three key demands.
These include a ban on substandard food imports, a ban on ‘dishonest’ labelling and more measures to boost British food security.
Save British Farming warned that farmers across the country were ‘fed up of the substandard imports pouring into Britain’.
The group said: “We have signed such bad trade deals which really need to be ditched and we need to rid the trade barriers with our nearest neighbours to allow UK farmers access to markets.
“What we are asking for is a government plan on food and a fairer marketplace – whether that is with other countries or supermarkets.”
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