One that won't is a rise in probate fees to as much as £20,000.

So Simon, Rachel, let's head here first as I know both of you have written a fair bit about this.

Rachel, just remind us if you would, what was the plan here, why was this so contentious?

What would the U-turn on probate fees?

So probate fees are what families have to pay when someone passes away to sort of gain access to their estate and sort of sort of thing out.

At the moment, it's a flat fee, £215, which arguably just about covers the cost of all that admin.

The plan was to make probate fees dependent on the size of the estate. And so while some people might end

up not paying any at all, some people could pay up to £20,000, which is a fairly steep rise

from 215. It was contentious because, oh, so many different reasons. One, just the incredible leap.

Two, arguably, what is still called a fee you could really say is a tax on probate when it's not

covering the cost but actually making money. And thirdly, how are people going to pay it?

So you have to come up with this fee

before you have access to the estate.

So some people might end up suddenly with a bill for 20 grand

with no money to pay for it.

So what do they do?

Do they take out a loan?

Do they borrow it from someone else?

It's pretty difficult at a time when things are already pretty difficult.

It was contentious as well because the government ran a consultation on it

and they asked people what they thought.

And almost everyone said, we think this is a really bad idea, but it didn't matter.

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