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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax changes will put 125,000 jobs at risk, trade bodies warn

Rachel Reeves has been warned that her so-called “tractor tax” will not just hit farms but will also put tens of thousands of family businesses at risk along with 125,000 jobs.

The main trade body representing suppliers of building materials – the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) – has become the latest in a slew of trade bodies to sign an open letter to the chancellor warning about the consequences of changes to inheritance tax in the Budget.

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