Badenoch to Pledge Cut to 40% Inheritance Tax at Tory Conference

Kemi Badenoch was set to promise a cut to the 40% inheritance tax — the levy paid on estates passed on after death — in her 7 October 2026 closing speech to the Conservative conference. The Times, via the BBC, described the pledge as part of a 'battle of ideas' on spending after Labour extended the tax to family farms.