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IHT update expected as Legislation Day dawns

NFU Cymru president Aled Jones has written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asking him to consider the plight of elderly farmers who are living in fear of family farm tax

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NFU Cymru Aled Jones has written to Sir Keir Starmer pleading with him to consider older farmers in IHT plans
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NFU Cymru Aled Jones has written to Sir Keir Starmer pleading with him to consider older farmers in IHT plans

Farmers waiting to learn their fate following planned changes to Inheritance Tax could be given further detail on Monday (July 21) in what is described as ‘legislation day'. Speaking at a NFU Cymru...

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