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'If nothing changes on IHT, farms will not survive' - Will Gov now act to save British farming?

An Inheritance Tax specialist has provided a candid account of the heartbreaking choices and worries farmers across the UK now face with proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief next year

Chris Brayford
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Linda Lord, a partner at Streets, said: "They [farmers] are not all going to survive long enough to see a potential policy reversal under the next Government. I genuinely think there will be suicides in January and February, from farmers worried about putting their family in debt."
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Linda Lord, a partner at Streets, said: "They [farmers] are not all going to survive long enough to see a potential policy reversal under the next Government. I genuinely think there will be suicides in January and February, from farmers worried about putting their family in debt."

A tax adviser has delivered a damning assessment of reforms to inherited agricultural taxation, having warned that the sector faces a mental health 'crisis' if the sector cannot find a way to pay new taxation...

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