Rachel Reeves faces calls to reveal whether she inadvertently tipped off a Labour MP with a 2,200-acre family estate about her crippling inheritance tax raid on farms

The Chancellor is facing calls to reveal whether she inadvertently tipped off a Labour MP with a 2,200-acre family estate about her inheritance tax raid on farms. Mr Davies also queried the content of the ‘briefing sessions’ held with Labour MPs ahead of the Budget, and whether any information slipped out this way.’ Rachel Reeves has been urged to reveal whether she inadvertently warned Labour MP Henry Tufnell about her inheritance tax grab on farms Mr Tufnell's parents transferred ownership of Upper Colne Farm and Stud directly to his brother Albermale 20 days before the October Budget He added: ‘You have said large estates must pay their share. ‘Without fulsome answers to these questions the British public might rightfully conclude that there is a pattern of deceitful behaviour in the Labour Party and a lack of transparent permeating all levels of your government.’ Mr Tufnell has denied any inside information, while a source close to his family said the Tufnells were simply preparing for a tax raiding Labour government more generally. Mr Tufnell denied having been given any inside information, with a source close to his family suggesting tax planning may have been done in anticipation of a tax-raiding Labour government more generally The MP said: ‘I appreciate that it looks bad, but there’s nothing that I can do about it.