The government’s inheritance tax (IHT) reforms for pensions will deter professionals from helping to administer estates and ultimately delay money going to grieving families and the taxman, experts ...

16:19, Sun, Oct 19, 2025 Updated: 16:23, Sun, Oct 19, 2025 Once a loved one passes away, the probate procedure can be long and complicated, according to an expert at probate and legal funding ...

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Rachel Reeves is facing calls to revisit Britain's most despised levy - inheritance tax - as she attempts to fill a gap in the public finances. The Chancellor faces mounting pressure to raise billions ...

Sunjay Kapur's children's counsel alleged that his will "so casual", adding that this was not prepared, read or made by the late industrialist. The mix of power and family struggle over late ...

The beneficiary: “Nadine” is a 70-year-old retired social worker living on the East Coast. For years, she’s been taking care of her near-centenarian mother (and her mother’s other children, Nadine’s ...

Pensions look set for a shake-up amid government proposals to include retirement savings in someone’s estate when calculating inheritance tax. Under plans currently going through parliament, ...

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A woman was overpaid almost £12,000 in benefits after she failed to declare a £44,000 inheritance, a court has heard. Lyndsey Graham, 47 and from Gateshead, claimed Universal Credit for almost two ...

Two brothers have lost a bitter inheritance fight over their £2.65million family farm after claiming their grandmother promised it to them over Sunday lunch - only for her to leave it to their mother ...

The first Elizabethan age (1558-1603) laid the foundation for modern philanthropy. The preamble to 1601’s Statute of Elizabeth (also known as the Statute of Charitable Uses) set out the purposes that ...