The race to avoid stamp duty
Thousands of home buyers are caught in a backlog as they race to avoid stamp duty.
Money Box · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
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