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Treasury accused of failing to consider Scottish tenant farmers in IHT changes

Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, Wendy Chamberlain, accused the Government of failing to consider the impact of its proposed IHT changes on Scottish tenant farmers, despite raising the problem ‘four times in the last three months'

Rachael Brown
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Treasury accused of failing to consider Scottish tenant farmers in IHT changes

The plight of Scottish tenant farmers facing the current Inheritance Tax (IHT) proposals was brought into focus earlier this week during a Westminster Hall debate. READ NOW: Farming low on Government's...

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