October 2026

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has made new property tax pledges should her party win the next General Election. Last year she promised to scrap Stamp Duty entirely on primary residences, and today she has announced a massive overhaul of Inheritance Tax Inheritance Tax overhaul: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says a future Conservative government would ensure

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to try to help people “who have given up hope of ever having a home to call their own” get on the property ladder. The “Your First Home” scheme would be open to first-time buyers in England with a deposit of 2.5%. It would provide