Inheritance tax: What's in the Conservatives' plan and who benefits?

UK · 2026-10-07

1. Step 1 · The triggerConservative policy announcement raises IHT threshold and exempts family homes, removing tax disincentive on holding property until death
2. Step 2 · Knock-onelderly homeowners in high-value areas defer downsizing, reducing housing supply turnover in London/South-East
3. Step 3 · Knock-onyounger workers face tighter housing supply and higher entry prices, reducing labour mobility into the region
4. Step 4 · Knock-onSMEs dependent on property transactions see volume pressure; estate planning SMEs see demand rise from complexity
5. Step 5 · Reaches youthe £6bn fiscal cost pressures future governments to raise other taxes or cut spending, landing on SME cost lines

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Source: bbc.co.uk

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