Housebuilders await Sunak statement on stamp duty holiday

By Joey Gardiner2020-07-08T08:29:00

Budget 2020 - Rishi Sunak 11-03-20 Credit HM Treasury

Source: HM Treasury

Chancellor’s economic statement today will confirm £3bn for green home upgrades

A stamp duty holiday for house purchases under half a million pounds and a £3bn plan to boost green construction jobs are expected to feature heavily in an economic statement by the chancellor later today.

Rishi Sunak’s (pictured) statement at lunchtime today is expected to amount to a mini-budget designed to stimulate the economy in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown.

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