Farmers For Action, a campaign group, has warned Ministers of protests unless the Chancellor cuts tax on red diesel used for tractors.
Similar protests in Ireland crippled the country last week, forcing Dublin to send in the army.
William Taylor, Farmers For Action co-ordinator, said his organisation had been asked to consider “UK-wide tax and fuel protests”.
He said: “There is huge concern that current policies are failing to address the pressures facing key sectors of the UK economy.”
The threat of protests will add to pressure on Reeves to announce support for drivers on fuel costs. Ireland and Germany both announced tax cuts on Monday.
Farmers For Action was instrumental in organising protests against Reeves’s family farm tax.
The group wants the Chancellor to cut the price of red diesel, which has soared since war broke out in Iran. It is currently as high as 135p per litre, up from 60p per litre before the war.
Each litre of red diesel faces tax of more than 10p per litre. The Government is poised to raise this by a over a penny by the end of the year.
Taylor, who farms in Northern Ireland, said: “There is no common sense to this tax rise, absolutely none.”...<<<Read More>>>...
