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From the editor: Judicial Review shows farmers' Inheritance Tax fight is not over

This week from Farmers Guardian deputy editor Alex Black

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
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THE news that the High Court is to open an urgent Judicial Review regarding the Government's Inheritance Tax (IHT) proposals may come as unwelcome news for Labour, which must surely have thought the recent...

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