Kemi Badenoch expected to outline inheritance tax cuts in conference speech

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce cuts to inheritance tax during her keynote speech to the party conference on October 7, 2026. According to the Guardian, the Conservative Party has not officially confirmed that inheritance tax cuts will be proposed. The Guardian reported that Badenoch will describe the next general election as a battle of ideas between a government that spends increasing amounts of money and a Conservative party determined to limit state spending. [1]

The planned speech comes on the final day of the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham, as FTMQ News reported earlier. As previously reported by FTMQ News, Badenoch stated she would rather face another general election than enter into a coalition with Reform UK, and the party pledged ten billion pounds for a British air defence system during the conference week. [4]

The focus on inheritance tax follows mass protests by farmer organisations across the United Kingdom since November 2024. These protests were organised against new inheritance tax laws on agricultural assets that were proposed in the October 2024 budget of the Labour government. [2]

Prior to the conference in Birmingham, Badenoch also announced a 700 million pound childcare proposal, as FTMQ News reported earlier. That measure aims to extend funded childcare to parents who earn more than 100,000 pounds by removing the existing income cap. [5]