The deputy prime minister addressed the controversy over Labour"s plan to extend inheritance tax to some farms after hundreds of people attended a rally outside Downing Street a day before. The Conservative party"s Alex Burghart, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, told Rayner he had spoken to farmers across the country who were outraged. Rayner responded by insisting the government was "absolutely committed" to British farmers and had added £5bn to the farming budget UK politics live – latest updates Starmer denies mounting class war as farmers claim they have been ‘betrayed’