More than £1.7billion was added to the value of Britain’s biggest housebuilders on hopes the Chancellor will cut stamp duty. Rishi Sunak is expected to propose raising the levy’s threshold so that it would only apply to properties valued at £500,000 or more, instead of the current £125,000. The changes are expected to be unveiled … Read more
Britain’s struggling housing market could be given a much-needed shot in the arm with a six-month stamp duty holiday. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce plans for a temporary exemption for homes at the lower end of the market in the Budget in the autumn. Treasury officials are looking at raising the threshold at which … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘will AXE stamp duty for six months’ in much-needed shot-in-the-arm for UK’s stalled housing market Rishi Sunak could exempt stamp duty on homes at the lower end of the market Six-month holiday is aimed at giving the housing market a boost amid lockdown During lockdown, Britons were told not to move house, … Read more
Call of Duty update drives ‘busiest day EVER for broadband traffic’ on Britain’s vast Openreach network June 30 saw more than 189 petabytes of data used by Openreach customers This smashed the previous record of 184 petabytes set on June 11 Internet use has spiked as people work from home during COVID-19 pandemic Record-breaking usage also … Read more
Top housing and pension bosses have written to the Chancellor calling for a new Help to Downsize scheme to boost a property market recovery and put pensioners in safer, more suitable homes. In a letter addressed to Rishi Sunak, leaders from across the housing and retirement industries have pleaded for stamp duty to be waived … Read more
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson asks NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian ‘a personal question’ about stamp duty after buying an $11million Sydney home By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:38 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 03:40 BST, 25 June 2020 Jackie ‘O’ Henderson recently purchased a new home for herself and her nine-year-old daughter, Kitty, … Read more
Line Of Duty creator and writer Jed Mercurio has teased further news about the sixth series of the show, which was grounded to a halt mid-production due to COVID-19. Speaking to A Stab In The Dark podcast, the show boss explained that they were four weeks into filming and that the months of delays has pushed … Read more
Will my partner and I be charged 3% extra stamp duty on a new home because I still own half the flat my brother lives in? By This Is Money Published: 07:51 BST, 22 June 2020 | Updated: 07:51 BST, 22 June 2020 I jointly own a flat with my brother but have been living … Read more
Treasury loses more than £2.5billion in fuel duty payments due to dramatic drop in car use during lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 19 June 2020 The Treasury has lost £2.5bn in fuel duty under lockdown The lockdown has cost the Treasury more … Read more
Royal Mail BANS deliveries to problem street after a 52-year-old postwoman is SHOT in the face with an airgun while on duty Bosses said all future deliveries to Spring Bank Rise in Keighley are suspended The postwoman was blasted in the face by a powerful airgun earlier this week The 52-year-old was rushed to hospital … Read more