Kemi Badenoch has pledged to abolish stamp duty, arguing the levy harms the economy and social mobility by discouraging moves and investment, and framing the change as a pro-growth push to revive the housing market.
At the Tory conference James McAlpine voiced ambitions to rise in politics and one day be PM, following a meeting with Kemi Badenoch.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch vowed to abolish stamp duty to boost home ownership, branding the levy a barrier to buyers and using her Manchester conference speech to signal a pro‑growth housing agenda.
At a court hearing Kate McCann described her anguish 18 years after her daughter’s disappearance, as two women face trial accused of stalking the family including one who claimed to be their child and was confronted by Gerry.
Kemi Badenoch pledged to abolish stamp duty as part of a £9bn tax cut funded by a crackdown on welfare and waste, saying the move would boost home ownership and reaffirm the party’s economic credentials against Labour and Reform.
Ministers will overhaul alcohol licensing to drive growth, extending opening hours for pubs and clubs and simplifying rules for the night-time economy while health and policing experts warn of increased disorder and harm.
The IMF and the Bank of England warn that soaring AI-linked valuations could trigger an abrupt market correction, citing dotcom-era parallels and narrow market leadership with uncertain productivity payoffs despite heavy investment.
Badenoch pledges a £9bn abolition of stamp duty, sharpening pressure on Reeves’s Budget as Labour seeks to plug a £40bn fiscal gap and weighs a replacement property tax.
Kemi Badenoch pledged a £9bn plan to scrap stamp duty on main homes to help first-time buyers, with promises to reverse carbon taxes and VAT on private school fees and workers’ rights reforms and to ban doctors’ strikes.
