Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to axe stamp duty on homes up to £425,000 for first-time buyers. Stamp duty land tax currently applies to sales over £250,000. The change would affect ...

Stamp duty concessions on house purchases are set to be cancelled in a move that add up to £15,000 to the cost and risk killing a first-time buyer boom, it has been claimed. The net effect of the ...