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Are you paying enough council tax? How Londoners could be underpaying property taxes by £3.1bn
Housing

Are you paying enough council tax? How Londoners could be underpaying property taxes by £3.1bn

Residential property taxes are benefitting the rich and punishing the poor, Resolution Foundation found. The think tank has called for a roadmap for reforms at next month’s budget

Letters: AI can’t replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care
Letters

Letters: AI can’t replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care

A reader says we should embrace AI as a tool to help us, rather than worry about its overreach

Should stamp duty be scrapped?
Stamp duty

Should stamp duty be scrapped?

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has said a future Conservative government would get rid of stamp duty. We look at what it might mean for the housing market

How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers
RENTING

How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers

‘Soap opera politics?’: Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty
Angela Rayner

‘Soap opera politics?’: Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty

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Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what’s going to happen to house prices in 2025
House prices

Interest rates, stamp duty and sky-high rents: This is what’s going to happen to house prices in 2025

Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It’s a punishment for the young
Angus Hanton

Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It’s a punishment for the young

Will a stamp duty cut fix the housing crisis?
Stamp Duty

Will a stamp duty cut fix the housing crisis?