Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102131

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make representations to the Treasury about the potential merits of raising the threshold at which family farms pay inheritance tax.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Following the reforms to inheritance tax announced at Budget 2024, we have engaged with the farming community and businesses. Having carefully considered this feedback, we are going further to protect more farms and businesses, while maintaining the core ...

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