8 d. ago Voices: ‘Fantasy economics’: Readers warn of housing chaos if stamp duty is scrapped

Our community is divided over Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to scrap stamp duty, with one warning it would ‘do absolutely nothing for renters or those already priced out’

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9 d. ago Badenoch’s stamp duty rabbit sets the cat amongst the pigeons

The Tory leader’s surprise policy pledge demands a response nationally and in Scotland, writes David J Alexander

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch calls on Rachel Reeves to follow her lead and abolish stamp duty

Mrs Badenoch's announcement, which received a standing ovation in Manchester, has given her an eight-point bounce in her approval ratings.

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1 week ago KEMI BADENOCH: If Labour want to steal my plan to axe the hated stamp duty, they're more than welcome. Over, to you Rachel!

When I announced last week that the next Conservative government will abolish stamp duty on homes, people immediately understood why. You get it, says Kemi Badenoch.

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2 w. ago Most Britons back Kemi Badenoch's £9billion plan to abolish the much

The Conservative leader electrified her party conference this week by unveiling a dramatic £9billion plan to abolish the hated tax.

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2 w. ago Top minister compares Kemi Badenoch's 'desperate' stamp duty pledge to Liz Truss

Pat McFadden, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, accused the Tories of making unfunded tax changes and failing to learn from Liz Truss's disastrous mini-budget

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch emphatically sees off Tory leadership rivals with stunning 'big bazooka' promise to abolish stamp duty and 'save Britain' from Starmer's doom loop

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch electrified her party's annual conference in Manchester by announcing plans for an audacious £9 billion tax cut funded by a crackdown on welfare and waste.

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch has put her stamp on the Tory leadership with big tax reveal – but will it be enough to save her?

After the Tories looked dead and buried in Manchester and Jenrick looked ready to take over as leader, Kemi Badenoch produced a speech which has breathed life into her party and leadership, says David Maddox

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2 w. ago With her stamp duty pledge, Kemi Badenoch has rediscovered the Tories’ political mojo

Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

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2 w. ago Badenoch vows to scrap stamp duty for primary homes in bid to free up housing market

Economists have welcomed the plans – but questions remain over how the party would pay for it

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2 w. ago Stamp duty ‘not necessarily the biggest barrier’ to buying a home

Experts were reacting to Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch’s announcement about abolishing stamp duty on people’s primary homes.

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2 w. ago Stamp duty and LBTT: What is stamp duty? Why is Kemi Badenoch scrapping it? Does stamp duty exist in Scotland?

Kemi Badenoch wants to scrap stamp duty for people’s primary homes - and there is a push to axe a similar tax in Scotland

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap Stamp Duty as Tories desperately battle for attention

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch used her party conference speech to brazenly claim that the Tories were the only ones to undo the damage they inflicted in power

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2 w. ago Stamp duty, tractor tax and doctors’ strikes: Key takeaways from Badenoch’s Tory conference speech

The Independent looks at the key policies announced in Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech

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2 w. ago Badenoch vows to abolish stamp duty as she closes Tory conference

She pledged a ‘golden rule’ on her budget plans, spending only half of any savings made through spending cuts, with the rest to reduce the deficit.

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch electrifies Tories with vow to ABOLISH stamp duty with cash raised by slashing benefits in  barnstorming first conference speech

Closing the Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch dropped the bombshell as she gave an impassioned response to fears the party is finished.

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2 w. ago 9 bombshells from Kemi Badenoch speech from Stamp Duty to Farage 'pig' jibe

Kemi Badenoch brazenly claimed only her party tackle Britain's problems as she glossed over the Tory record - with a rabbit in a hat stamp duty announcement

Events

2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch says stamp duty will be scrapped if Conservatives win next election

The Tory leader unveiled her plans to abolish Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) whilst concluding her speech at the party conference

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2 w. ago Property industry welcomes Kemi Badenoch's "transformative" pledge to abolish stamp duty on homes

Tory leader tells Conservative conference "our housing market is not working as it should."

Society

2 w. ago Politics latest: Kemi Badenoch pledges to abolish stamp duty on all home sales in Tory conference speech

Conservative leader will try to win back support in face of discontent and mass defection of councillors to Reform

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