A British farmer has launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, as protesters descended on Westminster once again in demonstration against the Government's inheritance tax raid.
In Labour's latest blow to farmers, alongside their decision on inheritance tax, the Government has also paused paid subsidies to farmers as part of the SFI (Sustainable Farming Incentive) scheme.
Tom Bradshaw, President of the National Farmers' Union, has condemned the move as "another shattering blow" to farmers, with the Government insistent that they are "proud to have set the biggest budget for sustainable food produce in history".
The scheme helps to support 50,000 farmers across Britain, but the Government has confirmed that they will no longer be accepting new SFI applications.
Farmer Henry Graham has launched a fresh attack on Keir Starmer as protesters descend on Westminster
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Speaking to GB News, farmer Henry Graham hit out at Labour and urged the Government to "consider the implications of their actions" on the industry.
Graham told GB News: "Our message to the Government is they really need to consider the implications of what they're doing to farming in the UK.
"They are actively destroying family farms, slightly bigger farms and smaller farms - anything to do with agriculture."
In a pointed attack on Labour policy, Graham warned that their decisions on inheritance tax and the pause on subsidies are "discouraging any form of growth" within the farming industry.
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Graham explained: "All the policies they are bringing in is actively discouraging any form of potential growth, and even trying to stand still, they're going to make it impossible for us to continue farming, and it will change the whole of this UK countryside.
"I really don't think they have considered that at all."
Highlighting how his own farm was "halfway through" applying for the SFI (Sustainable Farming Incentive) scheme, but now has had to withdraw due to the changes implemented by Labour.
Graham revealed: "We were actually halfway through putting an SFE application in, and it was us planning three years in advance.
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"We've actively had to pull out because we cannot go ahead, and it will have a massive impact. We can't afford to have to farm it. It's actively going back generations to just after the war, we had to farm every single inch of ground, which isn't the way we were moving forward."
Concluding his criticisms of the Government, Graham hit out at how Labour has "scuppered everybody" in farming with their imposed changes, and are "absolutely crucifying every agricultural business."
He told GB News: "We had a very good strong contingency plan, so did the rest of the world, and moving forwards with food and the environment together, which was doing really, really well.
"But Labour have just gone along and scuppered it for everybody again."