Angela Rayner faced boos in the House of Commons as she defended Labour’s proposed changes to agricultural inheritance tax during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 20 November. It came after hordes of farmers descended upon London to protest against the tax plans. From April 2026, landowners who inherit agricultural assets worth more than £1m will have to pay 20 per cent inheritance tax on them. The prime minister has insisted he is “absolutely confident the vast majority of farms and farmers will not be affected by this” but farmers insist that a much larger number will be impacted.

Farmers’ union and government diverge on scale of impact of Budget changes

Met Office yellow alert for ice remains for much of southern England, the Midlands and eastern Wales

More than 50 schools are shut on Wednesday after a second day of snow across the country

More snow is forecast across Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and northern England overnight

‘I thought the snow would never start’

BRITAIN is braced for another icy night with up to four more inches of snow to fall – as maps reveals the worst-hit areas. The Met Office now has six yellow weather warnings in place across E…

As thousands gathered in Whitehall to protest against Labour’s so-called ‘tractor tax’, there was a very real sense of anger and despair

Prime Minister sparks claims of bias after using the broadcaster to justify tax grab on day of mass protests

At 5.30am, as farmers climbed aboard an NFU bus in Cirencester, Alex Ross joined them in the biggest battle for the industry in years

Megan Evans discovered at home in Milford Haven, west Wales, after being told on social media to ‘kill herself’, inquest hears

Meteorologists said the sudden cold snap had been caused by an Arctic maritime air mass and predicted a cold week ahead