{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-js","path":"/no-stamp-duty-ever/","result":{"data":{"ghostPost":{"id":"Ghost__Post__6077f8535f52a1003b1db828","title":"No stamp duty - ever?","slug":"no-stamp-duty-ever","featured":false,"feature_image":"https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/2021/04/424.png","excerpt":"Plus: drink sales soared on Monday, 500 British Gas engineers lose jobs, and charities urge donors to call ahead.","custom_excerpt":"Plus: drink sales soared on Monday, 500 British Gas engineers lose jobs, and charities urge donors to call ahead.","created_at_pretty":"15 April, 2021","published_at_pretty":"15 April, 2021","updated_at_pretty":"15 April, 2021","created_at":"2021-04-15T08:24:51.000+00:00","published_at":"2021-04-15T08:52:34.000+00:00","updated_at":"2021-04-15T08:52:34.000+00:00","meta_title":null,"meta_description":null,"og_description":null,"og_image":null,"og_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"twitter_image":null,"twitter_title":null,"authors":[{"name":"Annie Mellor","slug":"annie","bio":null,"profile_image":null,"twitter":null,"facebook":null,"website":null}],"primary_author":{"name":"Annie Mellor","slug":"annie","bio":null,"profile_image":null,"twitter":null,"facebook":null,"website":null},"primary_tag":null,"tags":[{"name":"#blog","slug":"hash-blog","description":null,"feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"internal"},{"name":"#feed","slug":"hash-feed","description":null,"feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"internal"},{"name":"multiply-minute","slug":"multiply-minute","description":"The 1-minute read to get the money news you need with expert adviser commentary","feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"public"}],"plaintext":"The 1-minute read to get all the money news \nplus expert adviser views.\n\nPermanent holiday?\nThe stamp duty holiday should be made permanent\n[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/04/14/make-stamp-duty-cut-permanent-says-oecd/]\n*, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development\n(OECD). It says the property tax should be cut as part of a post-pandemic\noverhaul to make it easier for people to move jobs. The UK has the highest\nproperty taxes of all 37 OECD member countries - in 2019, the government got £91\nbillion from taxing property - that’s 12% of its revenues.\n\nCheers\nDrink sales soared on Monday\n[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/14/reopened-pubs-and-restaurants-england-see-drinks-sales-soar-over-equivalent-monday-covid-pandemic-struck]\n, with pub gardens doing a roaring trade despite the snow. As hospitality\nreopened for the first time time since December, landlords described a\nChristmas-like vibe - and sold more than twice as much booze as they normally\nwould on a Monday.\n\nBritish Gas row\nAround 500 engineers have lost their jobs\n[https://www.cityam.com/mass-sacking-at-british-gas-as-hundreds-of-engineers-lose-job-amid-contract-row/] \nafter refusing to sign new contracts which they say would cut their pay by 15%.\nThe row has been going on for weeks, with many engineers going on strike to\nprotest the changes to their contracts.\n\nCall before donating\nCharities have urged the public to call ahead before dropping off donations\n[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56746310] at shops. Lockdown clear-outs\nhave left many people with plenty to give away, raising concerns that pent-up\ndonations will cause overcrowding. Charity shops have seen record sales this\nweek, as non-essential retail reopens after lockdown.","html":"

The 1-minute read to get all the money news
plus expert adviser views.

Permanent holiday?

The stamp duty holiday should be made permanent*, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It says the property tax should be cut as part of a post-pandemic overhaul to make it easier for people to move jobs. The UK has the highest property taxes of all 37 OECD member countries - in 2019, the government got £91 billion from taxing property - that’s 12% of its revenues.

Cheers

Drink sales soared on Monday, with pub gardens doing a roaring trade despite the snow. As hospitality reopened for the first time time since December, landlords described a Christmas-like vibe - and sold more than twice as much booze as they normally would on a Monday.

British Gas row

Around 500 engineers have lost their jobs after refusing to sign new contracts which they say would cut their pay by 15%. The row has been going on for weeks, with many engineers going on strike to protest the changes to their contracts.

Call before donating

Charities have urged the public to call ahead before dropping off donations at shops. Lockdown clear-outs have left many people with plenty to give away, raising concerns that pent-up donations will cause overcrowding. Charity shops have seen record sales this week, as non-essential retail reopens after lockdown.

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