U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers ‘snuck out’ to avoid scrutiny, say Tories
Victoria Atkins says announcement to raise tax threshold from £1m to £2.5m days before Christmas ‘seems very odd’UK politics live – latest updatesMinisters “snuck out” the announcement that they had decided to U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, the Conservatives said, after the...
<p>Victoria Atkins says announcement to raise tax threshold from £1m to £2.5m days before Christmas ‘seems very odd’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/dec/24/free-speech-tech-us-relations-ed-davey-keir-starmer-uk-politics-live-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Ministers “snuck out” the announcement that they had decided to U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, the Conservatives said, after the government revealed the move in a press release two days before Christmas.</p><p>Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, accused the government of trying to dodge scrutiny of its latest policy reversal, under which the threshold for taxing inherited farmland will rise from a planned £1m to £2.5m.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/24/u-turn-inheritance-tax-farmers-snuck-out-avoid-scrutiny-victoria-atkins">Continue reading...</a>
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