Overview
- The Metropolitan Police imposed last‑minute conditions barring tractors from Whitehall, citing the risk of serious disruption to businesses and emergency services.
- Dozens of tractors still reached central London, with vehicles seen outside Parliament and around Trafalgar Square and officers stopping about 20 machines.
- Police confirmed several arrests for breaching protest conditions under the Public Order Act after some participants brought tractors despite the ban.
- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said his party would provide full legal support and cover costs for farmers arrested while protesting.
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves kept the plan to tax agricultural assets above £1m at 20% from April 2026 but made the £1m threshold transferable between spouses, a change the NFU said does not go far enough to protect family farms.