Inheritance tax: no other tax is more divisive. Those on one side say it is only fair to tax the rich, while others argue it’s a double taxation that harms hard-working families.
But what would it be like if we scrapped it?
Let’s turn our attention to Sweden, where I grew up, which 20 years ago waved goodbye to inheritance tax.
Before then there was a lot of debate around the subject, much like in the UK now, but to understand it you need to take a closer look at Swedish life.
By landmass it is the fifth largest country in Europe, but it has a population of only 10.6 million people, with 1.7 million residing in Stockholm, the capital.
There is plenty of countryside