One of a county's MPs has said farmers are worried for their livelihoods because of the proposed changes to inheritance tax on farms.

Rachel Reeves’ inheritance tax raid on businesses will hit as many as 140,000 family firms. The Chancellor used the Budget to drastically cut the relief that entrepreneurs can claim when passing their company on to their children.

The chancellor’s Budget announcement that pensions will be liable for inheritance tax from April 2027 will have big implications for many people’s retirement plans. We look at what to do now to avoid

A FARMER took his own life over fears of a crushing inheritance tax hike in the Budget, his son said. John Charlesworth, 78, was tragically found dead on his 70-acre farm on Tuesday – just

Changes to inheritance tax for farmers announced in last week’s Budget have prompted a furious backlash, with calls from farming and rural organisations to reverse the move.Here are some of the key questions answered.

Plans to scrap an inheritance tax exemption for farms worth more the £1m will not be reversed, even though "some farmers in Wales won't be happy", the Welsh secretary said. Jo Stevens defended the new tax on combined business and agricultural assets at an effective rate of 20% from April 2026.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves defended her move to levy inheritance tax on UK landowners who pass down agricultural property to their children, after critics said the move would hurt the sector and lead to the breakup of family farms.

The budget announcement capping Agricultural Property Relief in inheritance tax at £1m was “bad” for Northern Ireland farmers, according to the Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir During Minister’s Questions,