Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farms after backlash

23/12/2025 12:53 The Guardian

U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at riskMinisters will increase the threshold for taxing inherited farmland from £1m to £2.5m after months of pressure from campaigners and MPs representing rural areas.In a statement slipped out just before Christmas, the environment department announced the U-turn which will apply from April when the tax is due to kick in. Continue reading...

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‘Gunboat diplomacy on steroids’: US signs security deals across Latin America

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Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told

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Biography aims to fill gaps in story of ultra-libertarian Telegram founder Pavel Durov

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Russia and China pledge support for Venezuela as Trump ratchets up pressure on Maduro

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Trump announces plans for new navy warships to be known as ‘Trump-class’

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Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty video game series, dies aged 55

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Betty Reid Soskin, who became a park ranger at 85, dies aged 104

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Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, say investigators

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Larry Ellison gives personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

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Russia ‘ready to legally confirm it has no intention of attacking EU or Nato’ – as it happened

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‘A champion of Aboriginal rights’: Alice Springs leader Geoffrey Shaw dies aged 79

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Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back

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