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SNP unites with the rich on farm tax
The super-rich falsely claim inheritance tax changes will devastate small farmers, while millionaire landowners continue enjoying numerous tax advantages — why is the SNP supporting this nonsense, asks RICHARD LEONARD
NOT THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT: Some well-heeled types make their objections to millionaires paying tax on rural property known, London, November 19 2024
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MUCH of the language in the debate on how inheritance tax changes will affect farmers has been intemperate, inaccurate and deliberately inflammatory.
In the Scottish Parliament, the Tories accused the Labour government of “taking our land.”
The SNP backed them up, claiming that the proposed change to end the 100 per cent exemption of farms from inheritance tax was “catastrophic” for the farming industry in Scotland.
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