Sharp rise in stamp duty receipts – HMRC

Doubt has been cast about the future of digital identity after a parliamentary committee published a highly critical report on the Government’s plans. It has prompted warnings from cross-industry group MyIdentity that companies should suspend further investment in digital identity systems until confidence is restored in the Government’s approach. Plans for mandatory digital ID doomed…

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Ground rents for leaseholders in England and Wales will be capped at £250 a year under a “game-changing” overhaul of the leasehold system, with Keir Starmer moving to deliver long-promised reforms after growing pressure from Labour MPs to show tangible progress. Starmer announced the cap in a video posted on TikTok – the first time…

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 Every landlord renting out a home in England will have to pay £65 a year, per property, to be on the new mandatory landlord register. The scheme is called ‘Register your rental property’, and it goes live on 15 December this year, starting in the West Midlands before rolling out nationwide. Landlords face a three-month…

Suffolk Building Society (SBS) has become the second mortgage lender of its kind to take prospective home buyers’ rental payment history into account when making loan decisions, following on from the Skipton BS. SBS says first time buyers will be offered a multiple of 5.49 times their income for those with a record of paying…