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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alicja Hagopian

Mapped: The rural Labour MPs most at risk from farmer inheritance tax backlash

The government’s controversial decision to extend inheritance tax to farm properties could put a fifth of Labour‘s seats at risk, analysis from the Independent reveals.

At least 81 of Labour’s seats in England, Scotland and Wales are in areas with a significant rural population, where more constituents are likely to be affected by farm taxes, which have prompted fury.

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