ost prime ministers would look at the most recent stamp-duty receipts and be pretty pleased. In the first eight months of the year, £10.6bn was collected. In August alone, receipts hit £1.6bn, the second-largest amount on record (after £1.7bn in December 2021). Not to be sniffed at. Unless you are Liz Truss, who has a plan for this golden goose. It is (as far as
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Sep 23, 2022
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