Government to raise inheritance tax threshold after farmers’ backlash

The government is to water-down its controversial inheritance tax measures for farms which had sparked months of protests.

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Farmers were going to be charged 20 per cent on agricultural assets worth more than a million pounds from April 2026.

But that threshold is being raised to £2.5m.

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