Friday 19 January 2018

Labour Wants Stamp Duty Cut To Include Shared Ownership

Labour wants to extend a tax cut designed to help people buy their first home to those getting shared ownership properties. The government abolished stamp duty for thousands of households in its last budget. But it potentially excludes shared ownership buyers. Labour's shadow housing minister John Healey said: "It's not fair. These are the people that this stamp duty relief should be there for and it isn't. Read more on the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42671262/labour-wants-stamp-duty-cut-to-include-shared-ownership

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