Written Question·Treasury·UIN 74251

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural and Business Property Relief on the economy of the East of England.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...

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