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At this year's Conservative Party Conference, Kemi Badenoch made a decisive pitch to the wealthiest in society: abolish Inheritance Tax on the main home and raise the threshold that couples can pass down tax-free up to £1,000,000. This followed a pledge last year to abolish Stamp Duty on main homes. These two measures would cost billions of pounds – amounting to a huge bung for the wealthiest – paid for by savage cuts to public services.