Starmer Backs Down on Farm Inheritance Tax
Update: 2025-12-23
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Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister, backtracks on controversial family farm inheritance tax, doubling threshold from £1M to £2.5M. This change, effective April 2026, will reduce affected estates from 375 to 185. The U-turn follows Labour MPs abstention and tractor protests. Farmers and campaigners have mixed reactions, with some welcoming relief and others calling it insufficient. Opposition leaders criticize the move as a humiliating climbdown, and rural MPs warn of lasting damage to communities. The government maintains it listened to feedback to protect family farms, but the saga continues amid calls to scrap the tax and ongoing rural unrest.
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