UK Conservative Leader Calls for Abolishing Inheritance Tax

TREE NEWS update: UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch used her party’s annual conference to call for abolishing inheritance tax, calling it “immoral” and “unfair” because the wealthiest do not pay it while middle-class families bear the burden. She also pledged to extend childcare support to higher earners and end the “absurd cliff edge” that strips state childcare benefits once parents earn over £100,000. Badenoch said she would not announce a plan to scrap the tax without a clear funding arrangement, stating she will not cut taxes until she can prove fiscal credibility and responsibility.