The real horrors are usually to be found later lurking in Treasury small print. Some of these fit into a group known as “nudge theory”, tax measures the Government uses to push us towards “good” ...

House prices rose at a slower pace in 2025 compared with the year before, as uncertainty about the government’s budget plans weighed on buyer demand.

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Shares in British homebuilders rose sharply on Wednesday morning after a media report said the government would cut stamp duty - a tax on property purchases - in a mini-budget on ...

Asking prices for UK homes have dropped amid a delayed response from changes to stamp duty thresholds, Rightmove suggests. The property market is usually buoyant at this time of year as the warmer ...

Homebuyers in England and Northern Ireland, including those purchasing a property for the first time, will pay £1,000s less in stamp duty after the Government announced it is increasing the thresholds ...

LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Stamp duty, a tax on house purchases, will be cut to help families to afford to buy homes, British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said, with threshold at which it is first ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being urged to remove stamp duty from UK-listed shares held in an ISA to help direct more money into the London stock market. She is reportedly looking at reforming the ...