‘Holiday’ has seen house prices rise beyond capacity of first-time buyers, favouring owners over renters, campaigners say
Rishi Sunak is facing calls to scrap stamp duty completely rather than extend the current holiday in his budget next month.
While recent weeks have seen appeals from many in the property industry for the government to extend the existing stamp-duty giveaway, momentum is also growing among some politicians and campaigners for a more radical and “fairer” approach to property taxes.
