Hammond’s inheritance tax plans would be the revenge of the undead | Simon Jenkins

The chancellor hopes to tackle a great taboo but the debate will soon descend into a swamp of self-interest, ideology and class war

Would I tax my own children, and tax them of the sweat of my own brow? Your children, of course, should look after themselves. His children are worthless layabouts. But my children are the salt of the earth, the harbingers of humankind. The chancellor should keep his sticky paws out of their adorable pockets.

But wait. A whisper is going round that the crumbling ed...