Britain’s Inheritance Tax ‘Among the Harshest in the World’
16th March 2026
Britain has one of the harshest inheritance tax regimes in the Western world, research claims.
Rachel Reeves is being urged to scrap the levy after a new report found the UK’s system is “far more punishing” than it looks on the surface.
In Britain, inheritance tax is set at 40 per cent on all assets above a certain threshold, regardless of who they are left to.
You will note that the U.S. is considered even worse.