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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief on (a) the UK’s food security and (b) trends in the numbers of farms in the next five years.

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 13 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 24 Feb 2025
Answer: 24 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief on (a) the UK’s food security and (b) trends in the numbers of farms in the next five years.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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24 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and fixing the public finances in a fair way. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantag...

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