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Celebrity Big Brother finalist Cameron Kinch calls for Gov to raise IHT threshold to 拢5m

Somerset farmer Cameron Kinch broke down in tears on the show earlier this year when after revealing he would use potential winnings to pay an IHT bill. He said Government should now go one step further in doubling the new 拢2.5m threshold before April next year

Chris Brayford
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Cameron Kinch said: "We need domestic food production in this country. It is so sacred to how we eat everyday. We need farmers three times a day and it is too important for the Government to let it go by the wayside."
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Cameron Kinch said: "We need domestic food production in this country. It is so sacred to how we eat everyday. We need farmers three times a day and it is too important for the Government to let it go by the wayside."

A farmer from Somerset who stole the hearts and minds of a nation earlier this year on Celebrity Big Brother has urged the Government to do even more to protect farming families from Inheritance Tax changes,...

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