A farmer took his own life to avoid an inheritance tax raid following changes to the rules announced in the Budget last week, his son said.
John Charlesworth, 78, was found dead at home in Barnsley, South Yorkshire on October 29, the day before the Budget.His son told the Telegraph that Mr Charlesworth had been "eaten away” by the thought of his family losing their £2 million estate, which had been in the family for nearly 70 years.Jonathan Charlesworth, 46, said of his father: "He didn’t know the details but all the scaremongering around it beforehand frightened him to death.
Ms Reeves said many "difficult decisions" were needed in the Budget in order to fix public services and place the economy on a firmer footing.Mr Charlesworth added of his father: “He was at a low ebb but the Budget was the final straw.“There’s no cash and there’s no way of borrowing cash because we don’t have the income, we still don’t have the income to borrow that sort of money. “It was really eating at him, this Budget, because nobody knew what was going to happen.
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