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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker and Aletha Adu

Reports of scrapping inheritance tax in budget ‘just speculation’, says No 10

Rishi Sunak
The prime minister is said to have ordered a ‘gear change’ on tax. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Downing Street has pushed back against renewed speculation that ministers are thinking about scrapping inheritance tax in the spring budget, with a No 10 source saying the idea was “just speculation”.

The plan, one sought by a number of Conservative MPs, was being considered by Rishi Sunak as part of a wider “gear change” on tax in the budget, the Telegraph reported.

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