Rejected petition Refund for first time buyers' stamp duty, 6 months prior to 22nd November 2017

Many first time buyers have been hit hard having learned that stamp duty is to be scrapped for future first time buyers, as announced during 22nd November Autumn budget, with no prior warning. Many of these unfortunate buyers would have waited to purchase property had there been some inclination.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/205898

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Date submitted 23 November 2017
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