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'I listened to the NFU', Starmer says after raising IHT thresholds for family farms

The Prime Minister has still argued that the principle of applying Inheritance Tax to farms is reasonable, despite announcing a partial U-turn on the policy prior to Christmas

Chris Brayford
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with Baroness Minette Batters at the NFU conference in 2023. Sir Keir has credited the NFU and Baroness Batters' 51AVÊÓÆµProfitability Review for helping to influence the Government's decision to raise Inheritance Tax thresholds two days before Christmas.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with Baroness Minette Batters at the NFU conference in 2023. Sir Keir has credited the NFU and Baroness Batters' 51AVÊÓÆµProfitability Review for helping to influence the Government's decision to raise Inheritance Tax thresholds two days before Christmas.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that the principle of applying Inheritance Tax (IHT) to farms is valid, even though he claimed that the Government's decision to raise thresholds came from...

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