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Labour MPs rejoice at Starmer's partial Christmas IHT policy reversal

Could the Government's decision to raise the Inheritance Tax threshold be the start of a Labour reset with the countryside?

Chris Brayford
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Ribble Valley MP Maya Ellis (third from right) along with Labour MPs who have played a vital role in securing reforms to Inheritance Tax. Ms Ellis said: "I am sending a heartfelt thanks to all the farmers who have worked so constructively with me over the past year to lobby on this, and who, like me, never gave up hope that farming deserves a long and prosperous future in our beautiful country. This is only the start of what I want to see for a new era of farming in the UK."
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Ribble Valley MP Maya Ellis (third from right) along with Labour MPs who have played a vital role in securing reforms to Inheritance Tax. Ms Ellis said: "I am sending a heartfelt thanks to all the farmers who have worked so constructively with me over the past year to lobby on this, and who, like me, never gave up hope that farming deserves a long and prosperous future in our beautiful country. This is only the start of what I want to see for a new era of farming in the UK."

Rural Labour MPs have praised what could be the start of the party's reset with rural and farming communities after the Government announced changes to Inheritance Tax. Labour politicians across the...

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