The Fairer Share Campaign has reignited one of the most consequential debates in UK housing policy: whether Stamp Duty Land Tax on primary residences should be abolished outright. Their argument is straightforward but radical — a transaction tax that can add tens of thousands of pounds to the cost of moving home is actively suppressing mobility, distorting the housing ladder, and starving local labour markets of the flexibility they need. For a tax that generated roughly £11.6 billion for the Treasury in 2022-23, this is not a marginal policy tweak. It is a proposal that would reshape how, when, and where people buy property across England.
Scrapping Stamp Duty: The Reform That Could Unfreeze Britain's Housing Chain
A campaign to axe Stamp Duty on primary homes exposes the tax's role in gumming up transactions — and what replacing it could mean for investors.
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Stamp DutyProperty Tax ReformHousing PolicyUK Housing MarketFairer Share Campaign
