Inheritance tax (IHT) reforms may not be as bad as first thought for family farms, with new analysis suggesting most farming estates will be able to cover the cost of any inheritance tax bill without ...

The Liberal Democrats have called for the government to exempt "working farms" from its inheritance tax plans. Under plans announced in the Budget, inherited agricultural properties worth more than ...

For more than 70 years, BBC listeners have been enthralled by the trials and tribulations of rural life in Ambridge – home to the Archers’ family farm. The world’s longest-running radio drama has ...

Stuart MacLennan is a member of the Labour Party. Much has been made of proposed changes to inheritance tax for agricultural property in the recent UK budget. Opponents have focused on the number of ...

From next April, 100% agricultural property relief will stay for the first £2.5million of combined agricultural and business assets to help protect family farms.

Farmers and business owners are being urged to check their wills after the government released more details of new rules that will see them liable for inheritance tax from next year. Elsa Littlewood, ...

Government proposals to tax inherited farmland have been watered down, with the planned threshold increasing from £1m to £2.5m. The climbdown follows months of protests by farmers and concern from ...

The government has today (Tuesday 23 December) announced that the level of the Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs ...

A Labour MP has become the first to break ranks and declare he would rebel against his party’s controversial ‘farm tax’. The move will increase pressure on the chancellor Rachel Reeves to U-turn on ...