PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP TUESDAY 23 rd DECEMBER 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Alistair Strathern, MP for Hitchin, has celebrated the Government’s decision to raise the inheritance tax threshold for agricultural estates from £1 million to £2.5 million - a move that will protect family farms while ensuring the largest estates become liable for inheritance tax.   The change follows months of campaigning by Strathern and other rural Labour MPs, who argued that the

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP THURSDAY 18th DECEMBER 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Alistair Strathern, the MP for the Hitchin constituency, has welcomed the launch of the Government’s plan to tackle the challenge of unadopted housing estates.   Unadopted housing estates are those where the local authority has not adopted shared assets like roads and public spaces. Historically, unadopted estates were a rarity, but research from the Home Builders Federation found up t

PRESS RELEASE FROM ALISTAIR STRATHERN MP THURSDAY 18th DECEMBER 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Alistair Strathern, MP for the Hitchin covering part of Central Bedfordshire, has welcomed new funding for Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) to create 130 additional specialist school places.   Having long campaigned on the need for greater investment in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision locally,  Strathern believes the £6.5m investment is a significant step