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Home buyers left disappointed after Stamp Duty overhaul fails to materialise but surcharge on foreign investors could ‘level the playing field’ for UK buyers Chancellor decides against Stamp Duty overhaul this afternoon in 2020 Budget The tax is due to bring £12.8billion into the Treasury’s coffers this tax year He confirmed a 2 per cent surcharge would … Read more
New BP boss Bernard Looney preparing to cut jobs as part of his radical overhaul of energy giant to meet its net zero carbon ambitions By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:48 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 12:32 GMT, 16 February 2020 Bernard Looney, the new chief executive of BP, is preparing … Read more
The Bank of Mum and Dad helps to fund as many as 60 per cent of first-time buyer home purchases in some parts of the UK. With high house prices making raising a deposit tough, parents and grandparents regularly step in with potentially tens of thousands of pounds to give the younger generations a leg-up. … Read more