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Farm inheritance tax: MPs call for year-long delay to proposals

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MPs call for year-long delay to farm inheritance tax changes to be delayed by a year .

Government plans to tax inherited agricultural assets worth more than 1 m at a rate of 20% half the usual rate.

NFU and Country Land and Business Association say 70,000 farms could be affected.

Government says changes will only affect the wealthiest 500 farms each year .

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