Written questions

Business: Inheritance Tax and Living Wage

Commons · Question 27610 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 7 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Munira Wilson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to support family owned small and medium sized enterprises with changes in the level of (a) the National Living Wage and (b) Business Property Relief.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 7 Feb 2025

At Autumn Budget, the Government took a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to restore economic stability, fix the public finances, and support public services. These were tough decisions given the situation we inheri...