Healey urged to drop ‘death tax’ holding back family businesses Economics John Healey has been urged to drop a so-called “death tax” which business leaders say means family firms are losing out to overseas investors. The Chancellor has been told to unwind sweeping reforms to inheritance tax, made by his predecessor Rachel Reeves, which family businesses say undermine the government’s attempts to drive economic growth through [...]
Forget non-doms, it’s the British founder exodus that matters Opinion Non-doms leaving is hardly surprising. It's the British founders rearranging their affairs that should make us worry, writes Simon Malkiel.
Bosses warn of family firm firesale as inheritance tax crackdown kicks in Tax The government’s contentious inheritance tax crackdown on family firms will lead to the break-up of thousands of beloved British businesses and is already stifling investment, a group of influential bosses have warned. The Treasury’s plans to end a decades-old carve out from death duty for family-run firms came into force on Monday, meaning offspring of [...]
Family businesses still face inheritance tax cliff edge March 6, 2026 Almost all of Britain’s family businesses still face major changes to inheritance tax despite a government concession to limit the damage of its decision to end the carve-out for family-run firms. According to a fresh poll, just one in 10 business owners believe they will not be affected by changes to inheritance tax first announced [...]