“So it’s not about you, it’s not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax?”@vicderbyshire speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans. pic.twitter.com/9KwoiEbImz— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) November 19, 2024Victoria Derbyshire clashed with Jeremy Clarkson as thousands of farmers protested in Westminster against changes to inheritance tax announced in last month’s Budget.The Newsnight presenter grilled the former Top Gear star, who now runs Diddly Squat farm in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.Clarkson told The Times in 2021 that avoiding inheritance tax was “critical” to his decision to buy it.Under the inheritance tax changes unveiled by Rachel Reeves last month, farms worth more than £1 million will become liable for the charge, albeit at the reduced rate of 20%.On Whitehall this morning, Clarks
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