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Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, hinted during their party conference that cutting inheritance tax might be morally justified but emphasized fiscal responsibility. Inheritance tax currently applies to estates worth over £325,000. The Conservatives also announced plans to reform childcare policies and tighten student loan access for non-UK nationals, aiming to save taxpayers £900 million annually through these changes.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-04,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party, hinted at possible changes to inheritance tax as the party's annual conference began in Birmingham. Speaking ahead of the event, she suggested that cutting the tax could be "morally right," though only if it is fiscally responsible. Inheritance tax applies to estates worth more than £325,000, with a higher effective threshold for married couples due to transferrable allowances. The Conservatives also announced plans to reform childcare benefits, making all parents working 16 or more hours eligible for 30 hours of free care weekly, at an estimated cost of £700 million annually.
Written for “Inheritance Tax Changes Hinted” on 2026-10-05,
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Kemi Badenoch has suggested cutting inheritance tax would be “morally right”, as the Conservatives begin their party conference with a raft of new policy pledges.
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The Tory leader suggested she was open to changes to inheritance tax, the levy paid on most estates worth more than £325,000, but only if it were fiscally responsible.
Mrs Badenoch later added: “I am not going to announce tax cuts unless we can show how we pay for them…
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we → suggest → them
tax cuts are a good thing but you’ve got to be fiscally responsible.”
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you → get → ?
The Conservatives have made a series of policy announcements in the days approaching the annual party conference in Birmingham, as they seek to broaden their platform for government ahead of the next general election.
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The party has pledged to end a childcare “cliff edge”, which currently means parents earning more than £100,000 do not qualify for the entitlement.
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parents → pledge → entitlement
All parents working 16 or more hours a week would be eligible to get 30 hours of free care a week under the Tories’ proposals.
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parents → work → proposals
The policy is estimated to cost £700 million a year, which party officials say could be funded by cutting the number of public servants at arms-length bodies.
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Mrs Badenoch told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: “What we want to see is that people who work harder don’t get punished for doing so.”
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Elsewhere, the Tories also announced a plan to tighten access to student loans for non-UK nationals – a policy they say would save the taxpayer £900 million a year.
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The proposals would also block EU Settled Status (EUSS) claims, a system the Tories said is being “abused”.
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Mrs Badenoch arrived at the conference on Saturday afternoon, her second as Conservative Party leader.
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She told replied: “I think that people will see that we have gone on a journey.
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We’re not the party that the public said no to in 2024.
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“I’ve got a strong team.
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So much of my shadow cabinet are here, and they are going to be showing all the wonderful plans we have to get this country working again.”
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country → go → plans
The Conservative leader arrived at the conference venue in the centre of Birmingham alongside her husband, Hamish Badenoch, a banker.
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leader → arrive → husband
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