Autumn budget 2017: Hammond scraps stamp duty for first-time buyers for homes worth up to £300,000 - updates
(The Guardian Money News)

Rolling coverage as chancellor Philip Hammond delivers the 2017 autumn budgetThe key pointsStamp duty help for first-time buyers£28m for Grenfell supportGrowth forecasts cutFuel duty frozen£3bn more for Brexit 3.00pm GMT Ouch! The OBR has also estimated that selling the government´s shares in RBS will realise a loss of £26.2bn.That´s based on today´s share price, compared to the cost of the bailout nine years ago. 2.53pm GMT This is from the Labour MP Stella Creasy.Just to be clear then, government planning to spend more on brexit than the NHS - £3bn to £2.8bn. Look forward to seeing the bus with that on driving around... #brexithaos #budget17 Continue reading...