Overhaul of APR/BPR for farms and family businesses creates inheritance tax headache, but there are potential planning options from discretionary trusts to liquidity planning and asset transfer, explain Sunir Watts, partner, and Natalie Spong, associate at Hunters

Sean Drury, partner and head of tax at Blick Rothenberg says equalising income tax and CGT rates would see a fundamental shift in taxing gains, creating more tax complexity and stifling investment, putting the UK out of sync with other G7 nations

City council fails to balance budget after £3.8m ‘technical error’ sees funding shortfall, as local authority reorganisation halted in sudden u-turn