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1. Brown cuts stamp duty at start of fightback
Gordon Brown cut an unpopular tax on home purchases on Tuesday as part of a package designed to boost the country's slumping housing market and lift his flagging political fortunes.
03 Sep 2008
2. Home purchase tax threshold raised for one year
The Exchequer said on Tuesday properties worth less than 175,000 pounds would be exempt from a home purchase tax known as stamp duty for one year from Sept 3, up from a 125,000 pound threshold now.
02 Sep 2008
3. Official confirms looking at stamp duty
The government confirmed on Thursday that a property tax is one of the tools it may use to try to kick-start the country's sliding housing market.
08 Aug 2008
4. Fuel duty rise delayed
The government postponed on Wednesday a rise in fuel duty planned for October for at least another six months because of soaring world oil prices and in a bid to keep the headline rate of inflation down.
16 Jul 2008
5. Darling could delay fuel duty hike
Chancellor Alistair Darling may choose to delay a planned rise in fuel duty following mounting pressure to scrap the increase, according to a government source.
10 Mar 2008
6. Hauliers to call on Darling to scrap fuel duty increase
Representatives of the Freight Transport and Road Haulage Associations (FTA and RHA) will be meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling today to discuss scrapping a two pence per litre increase on fuel duty.
11 Feb 2008
7. Brown scraps stamp duty on overseas ETFs
Chancellor Gordon Brown on Wednesday scrapped stamp duty on overseas domiciled exchange traded funds (ETFs), a move the London Stock Exchange said would boost turnover in this fast growing sector.
07 Dec 2006
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