Steve Webb replies: In previous generations anyone inheriting wealth from their parents typically did so in their 50s. But as our parents’ generation lives longer, the age at which we may expect to ...

Channel 4 game show The Inheritance featuring Elizabeth Hurley and Rob Rinder will debut this month. 13 strangers receive summons to a magnificent country estate to battle for portions of the wealth ...

It may be one of my most left-wing political views, but the time has come to have a serious conversation about inheritance tax. Specifically, a conversation about a truly radical inheritance tax. One ...

Inheritance tax receipts are on track to reach £9billion by the end of the tax year, as monthly figures reach a new record high. The latest HM Revenue & Customs figures show that inheritance tax (IHT) ...

A LABOUR plot to raise inheritance tax has been branded “politics of envy”. The move would hit strivers who had “worked hard, saved responsibly, and hope to leave something behind”, senior Tory Mel ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly exploring changes to inheritance tax as she battles to plug a hole in the public finances. Officials are said to be examining whether tightening rules around the ...

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Rachel Reeves could be poised to bring in further alterations to inheritance tax, according to a report, which might include a potential limit on lifetime gifting. Under existing regulations, should ...

I have a parent who passed many years ago when I was still in college. I grew up in what I would call an upper-middle class household. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized I did in fact grow up in ...

Japan has, by some measures, the highest inheritance tax rate in the world. It's so high, and the related laws and rules so unforgiving and complicated, that a smart move to the country can years ...

Channel 4’s devious new game, The Inheritance, is airing later this summer, and to prepare for the occasion the award-winning in-house creative agency 4creative has put together an opulent on-air ...