"You cannot tax a business that is not profitable" - Labour MP calls for concessions on IHT

Suffolk Coastal MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter abstained on a vote to back the Government's changes to Inheritance Tax last week. The Labour MP explains why she could not support the changes at a time when the farming sector is on its knees

Chris Brayford
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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Suffolk Coastal MP, said: "There are farmers in this country on Universal Credit, and farmers in Suffolk Coastal are doing two or three jobs just to put food on their tables. This is the human reality that APR reform must take into account."
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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Suffolk Coastal MP, said: "There are farmers in this country on Universal Credit, and farmers in Suffolk Coastal are doing two or three jobs just to put food on their tables. This is the human reality that APR reform must take into account."

A Labour MP who abstained from an Inheritance Tax vote last week said she could not stand with the Government to take away reliefs when farmers are struggling to make a living. Jenny Riddell-Carpenter,...

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