have descended on the country have descended on london, rallying against the planned family farm tax raid. farmers may have to sell up farms that have been with their families for generations, thanks to vast new death duties. we're live on the ground with all the action. this is the stage where jeremy clarkson will be giving his speech imminently. we're there live . there live. >> meanwhile, the prime minister is 6000 miles away in sunny brazil . brazil. >> it's day two of the world leaders 620 summit . so what does leaders 620 summit. so what does sir keir starmer have to say about these farmer protests and his cosying up to (ihina.7 >> well, we'll be sitting down with him to ask precisely those questions later in the programme. >> and back at home, many parts of the uk have woken up to snow this morning as the met office says the country is getting its first taste of winter. is it an early white christmas where you are .7

are.7 it really is a day all about the farmers, about the people who produce the food in this country that we eat, that we need to survive. and frankly, there's a big question of survival for these family farms. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> there seems to be an extraordinary misunderstanding in whitehall and from the government about how farms actually work. and of course, if you have a huge inheritance tax bill and therefore have to sell a whole load of fields, your farm can no longer make money. >> it's no longer a business, and it will be bought by somebody who perhaps doesn't want to find it. >> farm it. and this is the big, big concern that does whitehall do these politicians? do these civil servants understand just how thin, just how razor thin the margins are on so many of these farms ? yes, they sit on these farms? yes, they sit on lots of land, but my goodness me, they've had a torrid few years of it. i mean, there's been bad harvests. there's been bad weather. they are barely making enough to keep their farms and the costs of farming,

whether that's fertiliser, farm machinery, of course , wages will machinery, of course, wages will now go up because of minimum wage . wage. >> national insurance changes affect them too. >> as you say, the margins are so, so tight. >> and the idea that on their death, their children may have to pay hundreds of thousands or even millions of pounds in order to be able to inherit the farm, is just is just ridiculous. >> and it seems so, so stark when this is a country where you can trace back the lineage of these farms for generation after generation, after generation. are we really going to be able to live with ourselves if we're the first generation that says, actually, no , we're going to actually, no, we're going to stop that history. we're going to rip up that farm for the for the sake of what is, quite frankly, a rounding error of tax receipts. well , it almost seems receipts. well, it almost seems like it's whitehall being blind to how farming actually works, because they've sat down and seen on paper that these people have a lot of assets . have a lot of assets. >> they might, on paper have assets worth millions of pounds. but of course, that's completely different to having millions of poundsin different to having millions of pounds in the bank, which could

fund a luxury lifestyle and, people might agree, should be taxed. >> having a millions of pounds in fields and agricultural equipment does not make you rich . equipment does not make you rich. >> and yet they've believed that these people can be taxed. >> well , stay with us here on these people can be taxed. >> well, stay with us here on 6b news and do get in touch. 6b news and do get in touch. 6b news .com forward slash. your say is the way to get involved in the conversation. all of that to come including we're expecting a speech from jeremy clarkson soon after your headunes clarkson soon after your headlines with tatyana seems to totally . totally. >> tom thank you. the top stories farming leaders have accused the chancellor of refusing to engage with them over controversial changes to inheritance tax, as thousands of farmers march on westminster. first unveiled in rachel reeves budget, the plans to impose inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million have sparked fury among rural communities who've contested the government's assertion that small family farms will not be impacted by the changes. 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. environment secretary steve reed says due to inheriting a £22 million black hole from the previous government , labour had no government, labour had no choice. >> this government's commitment to farming and to farmers is absolute. that's why we've allocated £5 billion to farming in the budget. that's the biggest amount of money in our country's history for sustainable food production. but we have to plug that £22 billion black hole in our public finances . otherwise we can't fix finances. otherwise we can't fix our public services like the broken national health service. so it's only right that we've had to ask the wealthiest landowners and the biggest farms to pay their fair share. but i would emphasise only around 500 farms will be affected. the vast majority of farmers will pay no more under the new scheme than they do under the current one. >> well, speaking at the protests in westminster this

morning, shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs victoria atkins says the impact on farmers will be huge. >> the real life impacts of this are enormous because we know already around kitchen tables, in farms up and down the country , in farms up and down the country, farmers have got advice from their accountants from their business advisers, and they are deeply, deeply worried and distressed that if older members of the family live past march 2026, when this change comes in, then they are faced with an enormous inheritance tax bill. when that dear , beloved relative when that dear, beloved relative passes on. and when i say huge bills, we're talking hundreds of thousands of pounds , possibly thousands of pounds, possibly even over a million breaking news this hour. >> a getaway driver who helped four teenagers killed two boys with machetes during a case of mistaken identity, has been jailed for life for murder and will serve a minimum of 38 years in prison . 45 year old anthony in prison. 45 year old anthony snook drove 18 year old riley

toliver and boys aged 15, 16 and 17 to and from knowle west in bristol , where they murdered bristol, where they murdered mason rist and max dixon , 15 mason rist and max dixon, 15 year old mason and 16 year old max died from stab wounds after being chased by the four armed teenagers in january this year. while toliver and the three boys, who can't be named for legal reasons, had been driven to and from knowle west by snook as part of a revenge mission . to and from knowle west by snook as part of a revenge mission. in other news, the defence secretary says allies must come together to back ukraine and ensure vladimir putin does not succeed. as britain announced further military aid for kyiv on day 1000 of the war. the ministry of defence says the uk will provide £7.5 million for new attack and surveillance drones. this also comes amid concerns about a potential change of us stance under us president elect donald trump, who says he wants to end the conflict in a day. the £7.5 million will be invested through

the drone coalition, with other allies providing an additional £16 million, including ten from germany, £3 million from canada 6ermany, £3 million from canada and three from luxembourg . and three from luxembourg. meanwhile, russia has been ramping up its rhetoric after the us president, joe biden , the us president, joe biden, yesterday gave the green light to kyiv to use us supplied long—range missiles to strike inside russia , while russia says inside russia, while russia says it's changed nuclear policy as moscow signals anger over that decision. they've also said the use of such missiles by ukraine will lead to an appropriate and tangible response. prime minister sir keir starmer said that ukraine is number one on his agenda at the 620 summit in brazil, which began yesterday, and he vowed to double down on support for ukraine. and almost 200 schools have been closed in england and wales, and new weather warnings issued as snow has hit parts of the country. thousands of train passengers are also suffering disruption due to severe weather by 11:00 this morning. around 64 out of a

total of 120 services planned by east midlands railway were reportedly cancelled or delayed by at least an hour and a half. there are currently three yellow warnings in place for snow and ice in northern scotland, northern england and parts of northern ireland. the midlands and north—east wales. northern ireland. the midlands and north—east wales . and those and north—east wales. and those are the latest 6b news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour. houn >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08. and now of course, today all eyes are on westminster because in a planned protest, this today, farmers have descended on the capital. yes. planned changes to inheritance tax rules. what's being dubbed the family farm tax has set 1520