Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson has accused the Conservatives of prioritising wealthy estates after Kemi Badenoch proposed exempting family homes from inheritance tax.
Badenoch used her closing Conservative conference speech to promise that family homes would not be counted for inheritance tax and that couples could leave a further £1 million tax-free.
Phillipson said the proposal offered nothing to families struggling with social-care costs and accused the Conservatives of “prioritising the wealthiest”.
She contrasted the plan with Labour’s commitment to establish a National Care Service and provide free personal care for older people who need it.
Conservative figures published alongside the speech placed the cost of the inheritance-tax policy at £6 billion. The announcement was one of several tax and spending commitments included in Badenoch’s conference programme.
The intervention gives Labour a fresh dividing line over whether additional public resources should support inherited wealth or the costs of care faced by families.
