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Scottish farmers deliver letters to MPs on IHT ahead of the Autumn Budget

All 37 Labour MPs have received letters calling on them to urgently urge the UK Treasury to change their proposed changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT)

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Scottish farmers deliver letters to MPs on IHT ahead of the Autumn Budget

Coordinated by NFU Scotland, the campaign warns that the UK Government's proposed reforms to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) would have devastating consequences for...

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