Sir Keir Starmer was accused of telling fairy tales last night after claiming most family farms would be “absolutely unaffected” by Labour’s inheritance tax raid.

The Prime Minister insisted Labor was “for the farmers” and said rural communities would benefit from services funded by the £500 million tax on the sector unveiled by Chancellor Rachel Reeves last month .

During a series of interviews with local BBC radio stations, he said he “understood the concerns” of farmers who staged a massive protest against the plans this week. But he added that “the vast majority are completely unaffected.”

His claim was contradicted last night by new analysis from the National Farmers Union, which warned that three-quarters of working farms would be hit by the Budget decision to end the sector’s traditional inheritance tax exemption .

Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins said: “Labour’s tax on family farms cannot be justified and they must reverse course immediately. The numbers they have been repeating since the budget are nothing more than a fairy tale.

Ministers were also criticized over new research showing the Government is currently spending £536 million in foreign aid to help farmers overseas.

Research by the Taxpayers’ Alliance shows these plans date back a decade.

Baroness Mallalieu, chair of the Countryside Alliance and an Exmoor farmer, told the Daily Telegraph that Labor was at risk of becoming the “cruel party”.

Jeremy Clarkson holding a placard during a protest in Westminster, central London, on November 19.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street on November 21

Children on toy tractors held a small march in central London on November 19.

Jeremy Clarkson last night criticized Labour’s new inheritance tax rules.

He told The Times: “I have no doubt in my mind that if I were to be a leading figure in this campaign, a lot of people would say, ‘I hear it’s because of people like James Dyson,’ and to a much lesser extent, me, that this tax was created.

“But I don’t believe it, because if Reeves wanted to take out, say, hedge fund managers who own land, she should have used a sniper rifle.

“But she used a blunderbuss and she hit all the farmers.”