June 19, 2021

The race to avoid stamp duty

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25 minutes

Thousands of people are struggling to complete the purchase of their new home before a big rise in Stamp Duty begins on the first of July in most of the UK.

High street banks are told they are wrongly denying compensation to victims of fraud and they’ve been given a timetable to change their procedures.

And grieving families could be paying hundreds of pounds too much for a funeral because firms do not display their prices clearly.

Presenter: Paul Lewis

Reporter: Dan Whitworth

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Researcher: Stefania Okereke

Producer: Helen Grady

Editor: Alex Lewis

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Money Box

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June 19, 2021

The race to avoid stamp duty

Listen Later

25 minutes

Thousands of people are struggling to complete the purchase of their new home before a big rise in Stamp Duty begins on the first of July in most of the UK.

High street banks are told they are wrongly denying compensation to victims of fraud and they’ve been given a timetable to change their procedures.

And grieving families could be paying hundreds of pounds too much for a funeral because firms do not display their prices clearly.

Presenter: Paul Lewis

Reporter: Dan Whitworth

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

Researcher: Stefania Okereke

Producer: Helen Grady

Editor: Alex Lewis

...more

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