Starmer and Badenoch clash at PMQs over digital ID U-turn

The prime minister went into PMQs having dropped plans to require workers to have digital IDs, which Badenoch welcomed as the ...
MoneyWeek

What is a trust – and should you use it to avoid inheritance tax?

Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...
The Register-Herald

Kenyan women lost their husbands and then their land. But some are fighting back

Thousands of widows in western Kenya face losing their land after their husbands die. In certain ethnic groups, widows are ...
IFA Magazine

Trust use continues to rise as inheritance tax pressures and reporting obligations intensify

The use of trusts in the UK is growing as they play an increasingly important role in estate and succession planning, ...
The Guardian

Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farms after backlash

U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk Ministers will increase the threshold for taxing inherited farmland from £1m to £2.5m after months of ...
The Independent

Farmers rejoice as Starmer caves in to pressure and waters down inheritance tax raid

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
BBC

Government waters down inheritance tax plan for farms

Government proposals to tax inherited farmland have been watered down, with the planned threshold increasing from £1m to £2.5m. The climbdown follows months of protests by farmers and concern from ...
IFA Magazine

19% of business owners plan to pass their companies on to family members due to IHT changes

19% of business owners plan to hand their companies over to their children within the next five years partly in response to ...
UPI

'Slayer rule' likely to play a role in Rob Reiner's family inheritance

The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is ...
Entertainment Weekly

Could Rob Reiner's son Nick still be eligible for inheritance if convicted of parents' murders?

Legal experts are weighing in on the fate of Nick Reiner's inheritance, now that he has been formally charged with the murder of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. According to estate and trusts ...

A retired police officer takes his second act to the sky

Shayne Savage, 56, technically lives in Ottawa. But in practice, home is wherever his latest flight touches down. He’s a ...
The Financial Times

UK government forced into climbdown on inheritance tax for farmers

Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Fewer farmers will start paying inheritance tax from April after UK ministers were forced into a £130mn climbdown by a ...