The prime minister went into PMQs having dropped plans to require workers to have digital IDs, which Badenoch welcomed as the ...

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Thousands of widows in western Kenya face losing their land after their husbands die. In certain ethnic groups, widows are ...

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The son of a farmer who took his own life the day before the October 2024 budget in anticipation of inheritance tax changes called the U-turn on the hated policy 'a well fought-for victory for our ...

LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Britain's government said on Tuesday it would scale back its plan to raise more tax from farmers, following months of protests since the introduction of an inheritance tax ...

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Ministers have caved in to pressure on the “family farms tax” by watering down the controversial policy so that only half as many farms will be affected. The agricultural sector has been furiously ...

A farmer whose father killed himself the day before the October 2024 budget after weeks of worrying about inheritance tax changes has said the government's climbdown will be "the best Christmas ...