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In a massive Christmas U-turn by Sir Keir Starmer, the government has announced a huge climbdown on inheritance tax on farmers. The tax relief on family farms handed down between families is to ...

U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk Ministers will increase the threshold for taxing inherited farmland from £1m to £2.5m after months of ...

Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Fewer farmers will start paying inheritance tax from April after UK ministers were forced into a £130mn climbdown by a ...

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 fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is ...

The Hindi-speaking region encompassing Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi is the pulse point of India, where the nation’s rhythms converge ...

Nick Reiner was arrested on Dec. 15 in connection to the double homicide of his parents, Rob and Michele BACKGRID; Eric Charbonneau/Getty In the wake of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner's tragic ...

Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner was likely set to inherit millions from his famous father, but legal experts explain to Us that he won’t see a dime following his arrest for murder. Former federal ...

Italy's inheritance tax far below that of main partners Higher revenue could be used to help growth, analysts say PM Meloni rules out targeting wealthy Italians Most Italian billionaires are heirs, ...