U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk Ministers will increase the threshold for taxing inherited farmland from £1m to £2.5m after months of ...

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Farmers from north-east England and Cumbria have described the government's decision to raise the proposed threshold for taxing inherited farmland as "a relief" and "a step in the right direction". At ...

The government has U-turned on its plans to launch an inheritance tax raid on farmers. After months of intense backlash and protests in Westminster, Labour has increased the threshold – the point at ...