Nearly 37,000 first-time buyer property purchases were hit with stamp duty in 2024/25, new data shows. Of the first-time buyers affected, more than 13,000 paid £5,000 or more in stamp duty tax. A ...

'Ideas are always good in politics, but the last thing we need to do — and I’m sure no one’s intending to do this — is inject ...

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride has doubled down on his claim that stamp duty should be abolished.