6 h. ago ‘Too little, too late’: advisers to the rich react to UK Budget’s non

Rachel Reeves included a measure to limit an inheritance tax charge cited by wealthy as reason for leaving country

Politics

20 h. ago HMRC inheritance tax haul hits £256m as families caught by cash gift rules

The amount of inheritance tax paid on cash gifts has surged over 153% in a decade, with over 1,300 estates now paying the levy

Economics

21 h. ago Save our family firms: Reeves warned inheritance tax raid has 'demoralised' business owners and hammered investment

In the Budget this week, the Chancellor stuck to her plan to hit family businesses and farms worth more than £1million with death duties of 20 per cent from April next year.

Economics

21 h. ago Two killers 'sent cruel Facebook messages to victims' families' while behind bars

A mum has been left horrified after her son's killer made friends with a fellow murderer and began taunting her on social media sites like Snapchat and Facebook

Events

46 h. ago Two farmers arrested and tractor seized by police at Westminster protest over Rachel Reeves' budget

Farmers from across the UK descended on central London yesterday to demonstrate against Rachel Reeves's plans on controversial UK inheritance tax reforms.

Events

46 h. ago Bereaved families face higher inheritance tax bills as thresholds are now frozen until 2031

The Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that the proportion of estates paying IHT will double to 10% by 2030.

Economics

50 h. ago Hong Kong fire latest: Death toll rises to 55 as families try to identify victims after blaze ‘contained’

Fire at apartment complex is still yet to be fully extinguished, with as many as 279 residents missing

Events

50 h. ago Save our family firms: Businesses bemoan 'minor tweak' to inheritance tax that 'doesn't go far enough'

Businesses have bemoaned a 'minor tweak' to inheritance tax relief - doubling married couples' allowance to £2m - saying the change 'doesn't go nearly far enough'.

Economics

60 h. ago Save our family firms: Businesses bemoan 'minor tweak' that doubles IHT allowance to £2m for married couples but 'doesn't go far enough'

Businesses have bemoaned a 'minor tweak' to inheritance tax relief - doubling married couples' allowance to £2m - saying the change 'doesn't go nearly far enough'.

Economics

69 h. ago Farmers' protest LIVE: Arrests made as tractors descend on Trafalgar Square on Budget day

Farmers protesting against UK inheritance tax reforms were banned from bringing their tractors to the area

Events

69 h. ago Inheritance tax change announced as 'payments will be exempt'

Rachel Reeves confirmed the news during her Budget speech on Wednesday lunchtime

Economics

2 d. ago Several arrests after farmers bring tractors to capital for Budget protest

Reform UK promised to provide legal support for those held by the Metropolitan Police

Events

2 d. ago Farmers are arrested by police and led away in handcuffs as they defy Westminster tractor ban to protest over Rachel Reeves' budget

Agriculturists were banned from bringing their tractors amid protest plans against controversial UK inheritance tax reforms, known as 'family farm tax' ahead of Rachel Reeves' Budget,

Events

3 d. ago Farmers protest LIVE: Tractors descend on Trafalgar Square sparking gridlock on Budget day

Farmers protesting against UK inheritance tax reforms were banned from bringing their tractors to the area

Society

3 d. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves says tax and spending changes based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameYesterday the Metropolitan police said they were not allowing a planned protest in Westminster by farmers to coincide with the budget. Farmers have been protesting regularly about the decision announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget last year to extend inheritance tax to farms.The decision was criticised by the Conservative party, who said originally the Met had indicated the protest would be allowed. Last night Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, issued a statement saying:It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget o...

Economics

3 d. ago Furious farmers defy tractor ban as they drive to Westminster in protest over Rachel Reeves' Budget

Furious farmers have defied the tractor ban as they drive to Westminster in protest against inheritance tax in Rachel Reeves' Budget. 

Events

3 d. ago Farmers' fury as tractors banned from Budget day demonstration against Reeves' inheritance tax raid

Farmers planning a huge Budget day demonstration against the family farm tax tomorrow have been banned from bringing their tractors - prompting fury and accusations of two-tier policing.

Economics

4 d. ago Save our family firms: Rachel Reeves blasted over 'shocking' inheritance tax raid on business that will do 'profound damage' to economy

Farmers and family business owners have joined forces in a last-ditch bid to overturn an inheritance tax raid that threatens to destroy livelihoods.

Economics

4 d. ago Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas

Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack

Politics

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves can stop crippling inheritance tax from killing family farms, say NFU and M&S Food bosses

For farming families, up at 4am to milk the herd or out in all weathers checking their crops, the fear is not of what might come, but what they already know is in store.

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