Furious farmers have descended on London for a tractor protest over fears of threats to food security.
Campaign groups Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent are taking part in a "go-slow" convoy and drive around Westminster this evening with up to 100 tractors and other farm vehicles.
The protesters are raising concerns over challenges faced by the British farming industry which they say are leaving the nation's food security at risk.
They are calling for an end to trade deals which they claim are allowing imports of food produced to standards that would be illegal in the UK and undercutting British farmers.
Organisers also criticise labelling that allows products to bear a Union flag when they have not been grown or reared in the country.
Wiltshire beef and arable farmer and Save British Farming founder Liz Webster said the situation risked food security and the nation's health.
Ms Webster said: "In 2019, this Government was elected with a mandate to uphold our standards and deliver a ready-made deal with the EU which would see British agriculture boom.
"It is now entirely obvious that they have totally betrayed us all.
"Polling shows that the public back British farming and food and want to maintain our high food standards and support local producers.
"We need a radical change of policy and an urgent exit from these appalling trade deals which will decimate British food."
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