history. and it's led to british history. and it's led to today after rachel reeves said this april 2026, the first £1 million of combined business and agricultural assets will continue to attract no inheritance tax at all, but for assets. >> but for assets over £1 million, inheritance tax will apply with a 50% relief at an effective rate of 20%, while the result , tens of thousands of result, tens of thousands of farmers are flocking to westminster. >> this morning to take their fight direct to the government , fight direct to the government, protesting against the chances inheritance tax raid. the national farmers union president, tom bradshaw, has called for a calm demonstration be peaceful, be passionate . be peaceful, be passionate. >> we want the very best of the countryside to come to to london make sure that nobody can be in any doubt what this policy means for you, your family, your future. >> jeremy clarkson would defy doctor's orders after his heart

surgery, and he's going to be leading an army of farmers as the chancellor doubles down that farmers must pay up to fund the nhs. labour's dame diana johnson, a home office minister, told gb news this earlier whilst recognising this is difficult that there has been a suite of measures put in place to help those small number of farms that will be affected . conspicuous by will be affected. conspicuous by his absence from the protest is the prime minister. he's at the g20 the prime minister. he's at the 620 summit in brazil, cosying up to the president of china, xie jinping. >> have issues that we clearly need to discuss whilst of course being clear about the issues that we do not agree on, but i will always act in the national interest and that was the basis. >> an arctic blast has hit britain. a cold snap is sweeping the uk and there is disruptive snow on the way . more bobbies on snow on the way. more bobbies on the beat. the home secretary, yvette cooper, promises a £500 million boost for neighbourhood

policing as she tries to restore the public's trust in the police service and military border blitz. president elect donald trump is ready to declare a national emergency and use the us military to carry out mass deportations. more on that to come . come. arconic. >> so farmers are descending from all around the country. there's been disruptions on the trains and the tubes this morning because of the weather. but as you can see here, no farmers, no food, no future. the implications of this tax change for the future of this country should not be underestimated . should not be underestimated. lots of farmers here today keen to talk to 6b news and also thanking us for our support on this issue. it's going to be an interesting morning. anything could happen. don't go anywhere. first though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez .

news with tatiana sanchez. >> bev, thank you very much. >> bev, thank you very much. >> at the top story as well. thousands of farmers are set to protest in london today to urge the government to change course overits the government to change course over its inheritance tax plans. tractors have already begun arriving at parliament square this morning ahead of those scheduled protests today. now first unveiled in the chancellor's budget, the plans to impose inheritance tax on farms worth more than a million pounds have sparked fury among rural communities who've contested the government's assertion that small family farms won't be impacted by these changes. there are warnings the turnout today could be as high as 40,000 people, with hundreds of officers on standby to keep the peace. 8000 farmers turned out in protest in northern ireland last night. the president of the national farmers union says labour has destroyed a contract between farming and the government dating back to the second world

war, with its changes to inheritance tax . in other news, inheritance tax. in other news, the defence secretary says allies must come together to after the us president, joe biden, yesterday 1together to allies must come together to back ukraine and ensure vladimir back ukraine and ensure vladimir putin does not succeed. as putin does not succeed. as britain announced further britain announced further military aid for kyiv on day military aid for kyiv on day 1000 of the war. the ministry of 1000 of the war. the ministry of defence says the uk will provide defence says the uk will provide £7.5 million for new attack and £7.5 million for new attack and surveillance drones. it also surveillance drones. it also comes amid concerns about a comes amid concerns about a potential change of us stance potential change of us stance under us president elect donald under us president elect donald trump, who says he wants to end trump, who says he wants to end the conflict in a day. the £7.5 the conflict in a day. the £7.5 million will be invested through million will be invested through the drone coalition , with other the drone coalition , with other the drone coalition, with other allies providing an additional the drone coalition, with other allies providing an additional £16 million, including ten from £16 million, including ten from germany, 3 million from canada germany, 3 million from canada and three from luxembourg. and three from luxembourg. ukrainian president volodymyr ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will be speaking to zelenskyy will be speaking to the european parliament via a the european parliament via a virtual address in the next half virtual address in the next half an hour . an hour . virtual address in the next half an hour. meanwhile, virtual address in the next half an hour . meanwhile, russia virtual address in the next half virtual address in the next half an hour. meanwhile, virtual address in the next half an hour . meanwhile, russia virtual address in the next half an hour. meanwhile, russia has been ramping up its rhetoric an hour. meanwhile, russia has been ramping up its rhetoric after the us president, joe after the us president, joe

biden, yesterday gave the biden, yesterday gave the green light to kyiv to use us supplied long—range missiles to strike inside russia. russia says it's changed nuclear policy as moscow signals anger over the us

changed nuclear policy as moscow sigimpact,|er over the us changed nuclear policy as moscow sigimpact, externalhe us changed nuclear policy as moscow sigimpact, external on us changed nuclear policy as moscow sigimpact, external on northern an impact, external on northern rail services in yorkshire until at least 2:00 this afternoon , at least 2:00 this afternoon, and national highways has issued and national highways has issued an amber severe weather alert for snow on roads in the northeast and northwest regions of england . and those are the of england. and those are the latest 6b news headlines. for now, more news than half an hour for the very latest 6b news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to 6b news .com forward slash alerts . .com forward slash alerts. >> hello and welcome! this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on 6b news with andrew pierce and bev turner. now thousands of farmers are already lining the streets . bev turner lining the streets. bev turner my partner in crime. she's there with the farmers. bev. it's wet, it's cold, it's miserable . not it's cold, it's miserable. not whether you're used to especially, but whether that the farmers are more than used to. and they're turning up en masse.

i gather . i gather. >> yeah. it's not the day to moan about the weather when you're surrounded by farmers who will get up in this sort of weather at three, 4:00 in the morning. of course, a lot of wax jackets accumulating here down at whitehall. there are a couple of big protests going on today. there's the national union of farmers. they've been talking to politicians and there's more independent groups who are going to be amassing here this morning . to be amassing here this morning. difficult to know how many people will turn out. there have been disruptions with the travel, andrew, to get here. i've just seen actually a couple of tracks has come past on the back of a trailer that had snow on top of them. we know it's been snowing out in oxfordshire this morning. we've got this flatbed truck here and i've been told this is actually straw, not hay . i'm told this is actually straw, not hay. i'm being educated. this morning i said it was hay and the farmers shook their head at me. no, you're an idiot. it's straw. and we're going to have speakers on there this morning. we know that the clarkson's farm guys are coming down. are they going to talk on there? we don't know. at the moment. nigel

farage is going to be down here. lots of politicians, in fact, going to be down here. no labour politicians confirmed. funny that this looks terrible for the government today. it would look terrible for any government to have a group of people so non—controversial as farmers, feeling the need to come away from their farms, to protest here today, to make their voices heard in some way. not for themselves, but for the next generation of farmers, for their children, for their children's children, for their children's children, and for all of our children. and what this means for the complexion of this country. if these farms are bought up by massive corporations investment arms, thatis corporations investment arms, that is a very different 6reat that is a very different great britain to the one that we know and love today , where we have and love today, where we have hundreds of family farms, some of these farms have been in the families for generations. i was talking earlier to one farmer, a tenant farmer, fifth generation. we've got some of them may well all frankly, the main characters that work in the agricultural industry here today. i'm going

to be talking to as many of them as possible. lots to be talking to