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MP demands Gov release IHT impact assessment

Efra chair Alistair Carmichael says while changes to family farm tax are welcome, more needs to be done to protect single farmers

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 3 min read
Efra chair Alistair Carmichael has called on the Government to produce an IHT impact assessment
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Efra chair Alistair Carmichael has called on the Government to produce an IHT impact assessment

Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has warned improvements to the Government's policy on the family farm tax do not go far enough, demanding an impact assessment of the changes be made public....

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