Sir Keir Starmer faced questioning on planned changes to inheritance tax facing farmers at his first appearance in front of the cross party Liaison Committee this week. Grilled over the numbers of farmers that would be affected by the tax once it comes into force in 2026, the prime minister defended the government’s published numbers, and said only 500 would likely to be affected per year. However, Alistair Carmichael, MP, who is also chair of the EFRA select committee, told Sir Keir the 500 number did not include those farmers who would be affected by changes to business property relief,…