Family farm tax a 'revenue raising' exercise which targets neither family farms nor wealthy landowners, Sir Keir claims

"He has undermined the case made by Treasury and Defra ministers, who claimed that the Inheritance Tax changes were about tackling the 'Jeremy Clarksons and James Dysons' of this world"

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Efra chair Alistair Carmichael said: "We had one witness giving evidence who when talking about the impact on his farming business (from Inheritance Tax) broke down. There are a lot of people who do not find this funny. How does it make you feel that witnesses were breaking down before my Select Committee?"
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Efra chair Alistair Carmichael said: "We had one witness giving evidence who when talking about the impact on his farming business (from Inheritance Tax) broke down. There are a lot of people who do not find this funny. How does it make you feel that witnesses were breaking down before my Select Committee?"

Sir Keir Starmer has told a Government committee he was not targeting either family farms or landowners in taking away Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief despite claims from his...

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