Stamp Duty Is Not The Magic Solution To Our Housing Problem - Releasing Land Is
(World News UK)

When I was a kid, budget day was not the most exciting of days. For starters there was no children’s TV on – bumped in favour of grey men talking about tax. Then the Chancellor would get to the bit about booze, fags and petrol and a deathly household hush would descent, like the bit at the end of Poirot when he is about to reveal the murderer. To be honest the most exciting thing that happened in those days was you were bundled into the car in your pyjamas to go to the petrol station before prices went up at midnight. But as someone who works in housing, and specifically as someone who works in trying to make sure that government understands the pivotal importance of housing in...