On the latest Planet Normal podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above, columnists Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson speak to family farmer Gareth Wyn Jones about the reignited protests against Labour’s inheritance tax plans.

Mark Means says he challenged Daniel Zeichner because he was angry at inheritance tax changes.

The Treasury says that, with tax allowances, in reality, only farms worth £3m would be affected, just 28 per cent of family farms. But official Defra figures appear to suggest as many as 66 per cent could be hit.

Hundreds of tractors filled the streets of London on Monday as farmers protested against proposed changes to inheritance tax laws. The demonstration, organized by Save British Farming, took place in Westminster.

Angry farmers blocked roads in central London in a protest against the proposed inheritance tax on farms. Thousands of landowners and their supporters took to the streets, rallying in opposition to changes to the levy by the socialist Labour government.

The Labour MP for North Northumberland has called on the Government to reconsider planned changes to inheritance tax laws for farmers. Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament on Monday, David Smith voiced concerns the changes as they are would impact family farms.