PoliticsChancellor weighs stamp duty cut as housing market stalls
Treasury officials have modelled a temporary holiday for first-time buyers after transactions fell to their lowest level in a decade
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Harriet Cole
Political editor
Harriet writes for the Daily Meridian. 2 articles.
PoliticsLords reform bill clears Commons after late concession on retirement age
Peers will be required to retire at 80 and the last hereditary seats will go; the bill now faces the chamber it is designed to shrink
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