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Kemi Badenoch's leadership at 2024 Election could have avoided Inheritance Tax 'heartache', farmers say

Could the Conservatives have won the General Election in 2024 had Kemi Badenoch been Leader of the party instead of Rishi Sunak?

Chris Brayford
clock • 7 min read
"Had Kemi [Badenoch] been the leader at the last General Election, I do not think farmers would be in this situation now where we are fighting Inheritance Tax and making the current Government realise the huge error it has made on this."
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"Had Kemi [Badenoch] been the leader at the last General Election, I do not think farmers would be in this situation now where we are fighting Inheritance Tax and making the current Government realise the huge error it has made on this."

²ÝÁñÉçÇø have suggested that the 'heartache' of Inheritance Tax changes could have been prevented had Kemi Badenoch been Leader of the Conservatives at the General Election in 2024. Sir Keir Starmer...

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