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The UK prime minister has been forced to cut short a visit to a housing development after a noisy protest by farmers, who played Sandstorm on their tractors. The vehicles could be heard sounding musical horns while the prime minister spoke to workers at a housing development in Buckinghamshire. About a dozen tractors and agricultural vehicles blocked the road near the Eastbrook development in Milton Keynes. Farmers have staged a series of protests after the government’s budget changes to inheritance tax. Starmer had to leave the site earlier than expected because of the protest and cancelled his planned media interviewsStarmer forced to cut short visit to housing development after protest by farmers – UK politics live Continue reading…
The UK prime minister has been forced to cut short a visit to a housing development after a noisy protest by farmers, who played Sandstorm on their tractors. The vehicles could be heard sounding musical horns while the prime minister spoke to workers at a housing development in Buckinghamshire. About a dozen tractors and agricultural vehicles blocked the road near the Eastbrook development in Milton Keynes. Farmers have staged a series of protests after the government’s budget changes to inheritance tax. Starmer had to leave the site earlier than expected because of the protest and cancelled his planned media interviews
