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Short, straight explanations of the things families most often get wrong about wills, trusts, powers of attorney and inheritance tax — written by the people who deal with the consequences every week.
100% relief is now capped at the first £1 million of business and farm value, with an effective 20% charge above it — and the allowance doesn't transfer between spouses. Why "everything to each other" wills can now waste £1 million of relief.
Read the article → Wills & intestacy — 21 August 2026Live together for decades, raise children together, and if one of you dies without a will the survivor inherits nothing. Why the law works that way, the one exception that catches people out in reverse, and the afternoon's work that fixes it.
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