Farmers from across the UK are driving into central London on a 'go-slow' to protest a lack of...
Scores of tractors are heading for Westminster as farmers protest against what they say is a lack of support for British food production.
Organisers Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent say cheap food imports and unsupportive policies put UK food security at risk.
Tractors flying Union flags were gathering at New Covent Garden market, about 20 minutes' drive from Westminster, carrying signs with slogan such as 'Save British farming' and 'No farming, no food, no future'.
The protest comes as months of heated demonstrations in Europe, including blockades, saw angry farmers in Greece, Germany, Portugal, Poland and France demonstrating against European Union regulations and cheap imports.
Thousands of farmers also joined forces in Wales to fight new farm subsidy plans launched by its government.
Farmer Colin Rayner fears this year could see his farm's last harvest because of pressures on his business.
Another farmer attending the rally is Colin Rayner, who has 2,000 acres of arable land across east Berkshire and south Buckinghamshire.
In England, campaigners say government agricultural policy and its Environmental Land Management farm payments scheme, together with weak trade deals, "Non-existent" import controls and misleading labelling, have all served to undermine farming businesses.
Founder of campaign group Save British Farming Liz Webster, said: "Farming is fraught with risks: risks that have intensified every year with the climate emergency, Ukraine war and Brexit reality, which have only served to exacerbate problems."Polling shows that the public back British farming and food and want to maintain our high food standards and support local producers.
The change means that under the Sustainable Farming Incentive payment scheme farmers will only be able to put 25% of their land into projects that would take it out of direct food production.