The Conservatives have made a manifesto commitment to axe stamp duty for first-time buyers on homes up to £425,000, The Telegraph reported.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to axe stamp duty for first-time buyers on homes up to £425,000.
Stamp duty land tax currently applies to sales over £250,000, with the proposed change impacting 200,000 households every year, The Telegraph reported. Asked if she would have left Normandy early as Mr Sunak did on Thursday, Ms Mordaunt said: “I didn’t go to D-Day, I think what happened was very wrong, I think the Prime Minister has apologised for that.
He admitted that “on reflection” he should have stayed for the event, where world leaders including US President Joe Biden marked the sacrifices made by troops landing on the Normandy beaches in 1944, rather than record a General Election campaign TV interview.Ms Mordaunt, who has represented Portsmouth North since 2010 and is standing for re-election, is one of the prominent figures who are projected to lose their seats at the next election.
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