A HEREFORDSHIRE farmer is one of the organisers of a mass London event which will see swarms of crowds descend on the capital.

Local farmer Martin Williams is one of the four organisers of the rally which will see farmers make a "mass foodbank donation" whilst expressing their concerns at the "spiteful" budget.

Farmers have been registering for the event in their droves, and with numbers now swelling beyond the capacity of Trafalgar Square, organisers have relocated the event to Richmond Terrace on Whitehall, opposite Downing Street.

Participants will gather on Richmond Terrace from 11am, to hear speakers from the worlds of agriculture, TV and politics show their support for family farms and wider businesses.

Following the speeches, a procession to Parliament Square will take place.

The procession will be headed by several children, on toy tractors, signifying the impact of the devastating budget on the future of farming and the countryside.

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Participants will then return to Richmond Terrace for the final address by NFU president, Tom Bradshaw.

The NFU is holding its own mass lobbying event in Parliament on the same day, bringing 1,800 members to Westminster to meet their MPs to discuss how the change to inheritance tax relief will affect them.

Speaking of his involvement in the significant event, Mr Williams said: “I wanted to help to bring our industry together to enable all to feel represented in what seems to be an outright assault on families and the rural economy.

“Hopefully, both government and the public can see that these Budget decisions have been badly judged. We are a passionate community and live to farm.”

In the October Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a change to agricultural property relief (APR) that will place an effective tax rate of 20% on agricultural assets valued at more than £1m. 

The group of farmers have said that the government claims this threshold will protect small family farms, but figures suggests a typical 200-acre arable farm could be forced to sell 20% of its land solely to settle death duties.