In the build up to the new government's first budget (date TBC but October likely) rumours are swirling about the abolition or capping of APR/BPR. If these stories have any foundation (and some feel well sourced) then many business and farmland owners will feel such changes would run contrary to the new government's aim to kick-start economic growth. In this pay-walled FT article Steve Rigby of Family Business UK identifies the risks to such businesses (and by extension the wider economy) posed by such changes.
