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Elderly farmers who helped to rebuild Britain after WW2 'trapped' by IHT changes

Is this the right way to treat a generation of farmers and business owners who fed a nation during conflict and rebuilt the country from the rubble of war?

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 4 min read
NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "For somebody who does not expect to live for at least five years, but ideally seven, [and] if you are someone who is terminally ill, the forestalling clause has deliberately trapped you with an inability to plan. That does feel like it is particularly targeted and much more difficult to forgive."
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NFU president Tom Bradshaw said: "For somebody who does not expect to live for at least five years, but ideally seven, [and] if you are someone who is terminally ill, the forestalling clause has deliberately trapped you with an inability to plan. That does feel like it is particularly targeted and much more difficult to forgive."

Farmers who helped to rebuild Britain after the second world war have been left 'trapped, vulnerable and in despair' over proposed changes to Inheritance Tax. On Monday (October 27), the Finance Bill...

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