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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Rowena Mason, Helena Horton and Peter Walker

Rachel Reeves standing firm against U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers

Tractor on Whitehall during farmers' protest
A Whitehall source said they believed if any U-turn was likely it would have happened before the farmer’s protest this week. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Rachel Reeves is holding firm against a U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, despite the Treasury analysing ways of softening the impact.

The chancellor is understood to be determined not to drop the policy even though some Labour MPs – and even ministers – are worrying about the political fallout that has led to farmers protesting in Westminster this week.

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