Jiří Viktor Daneš was Czechoslovakia’s first consul to Australia. His restored photos are now in a new book.  We spoke with ...

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The Labour government has announced a significant climbdown on its policy of inheritance tax for farmers following a major backlash. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) ...

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 ...

Following a long-fought campaign by the NFU, the government has confirmed the threshold for inheritance tax changes due to come into force next April will be raised to £2.5 million. “We have spent the ...