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Don’t change agricultural & business property relief for inheritance tax

Submitted by Matthew Trevellyan on Monday 18th August 2025

Published on Thursday 4th September 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 4th March 2026

Signatures: 767

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Britain ~ Broken ~ Busy ~ Change ~ Countryside ~ Families ~ FARMS ~ food security ~ Forced ~ Hearts ~ Held ~ Inheritance ~ Inheritance Tax ~ Jobs ~ local ~ property ~ Reform ~ relief ~ security ~ Sell ~ Slashing ~ Tax

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Don’t change agricultural & business property relief for inheritance tax

Petition Details

We urgently call on the UK Government to stop the planned changes to inheritance tax reliefs that threaten working family farms and rural businesses—the heart of our rural communities. We believe these reforms could inflict irreparable harm on rural heritage and food security.

Additional Information

For generations, small farms have fed Britain and preserved our countryside. We think removing Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on farmland and slashing Business Property Relief (BPR) for family businesses will saddle families with an unaffordable 20% inheritance tax. Many may be forced to sell farmland or businesses held for decades to pay tax. Once a family farm or business is broken up, its legacy and local jobs vanish, weakening rural heritage and potentially undermining our food security.


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