Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch meets Jeremy Clarkson (Image: Conservative Party)
Kemi Badenoch dropped into Jeremy Clarkson’s pub as the pair vowed to take on Labour’s hated tractor tax.
The ’ leader warned family farms are “at risk because of Labour’s budget.”
And Mrs Badenoch visited Mr Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog, in Burford, Oxfordshire, where she also met with local farmers.
A source said of the meeting: “They discussed the general challenges facing farmers. Tax, regulation and Labour’s Family Farms Tax.
Kemi Badenoch joins Jeremy Clarkson at his pub (Image: X)
Mrs Badenoch met a group of farmers in Oxfordshire (Image: X)
“They discussed how you make farming attractive to the next generation so that UK farming can prosper in the future.”
TV personality Mr Clarkson, 64, has been a vocal critic of Labour’s farming tax, branding Prime Minister Sir “a nightmare for farmers”.
Mrs Badenoch said: “A delight to meet local farmers at ’s pub where everything served is produced by British farmers.
“Family farms across the country are now at risk because of Labour’s budget.
“The support farmers and will reverse the cruel family farms tax at the first opportunity.”
The Chancellor in October announced that inheritance tax relief for farms would be limited to £1million, meaning all assets above that threshold passed down to the next generation would be taxed.
There is a higher threshold of £3 million for couples passing on their farms.
The Treasury says around 500 estates a year are expected to pay inheritance tax under the changes but campaigners warned it could impact around 75,000 farms.
Kemi Badenoch meets Jeremy Clarkson (Image: Conservatives)
Mrs Badenoch and Mr Clarkson strongly oppose Labour’s tractor tax (Image: X)
The Daily Express has called for Ms Reeves to U-turn on her decision through the Save our Family Farms crusade.
In an interview last month, Mr Clarkson said: “Starmer’s a nightmare for farmers. He doesn’t know what farming is. He doesn’t even eat meat. Dreadful people,” he says. “That’s the problem we’re facing in farming. Nobody understands the first thing about it”.