{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762208.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":762208,"attributes":{"action":"Return the threshold at which First Time Buyers pay Stamp Duty to £425k or above","background":"Young people in the UK looking to earn, save and purchase their own homes are facing an added cost their immediate predecessors were not facing less than two years ago. An added cost of thousands. This can limit the scope of homes for purchase that are affordable within a first time buyer's budget.","additional_details":"In 2025, the threshold which exempted first time buyers from paying stamp duty on the value of a property up to that threshold, was decreased from £425,000 to £300,000. This means that FTBs purchasing homes valued more than £300,000 have to pay stamp duty tax on everything above £300,000. We see this as the goalpost being moved at a considerable cost, and question how this is meant to encourage & support first time buyers (many of whom are young couples or families). We believe a smaller decrease in the threshold would have been better (e.g. to £350,000) or keeping it as it was.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":24,"created_at":"2026-02-23T10:57:27.875Z","updated_at":"2026-04-21T11:21:20.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-03-30T09:27:31.204Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-02-23T12:28:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Susanna Robertson-Sheath","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"HMT","name":"HM Treasury","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":24}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Arundel and South Downs","ons_code":"E14001067","mp":"Andrew Griffith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Banbury","ons_code":"E14001072","mp":"Sean Woodcock MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bournemouth East","ons_code":"E14001115","mp":"Tom Hayes MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brentwood and Ongar","ons_code":"E14001125","mp":"Alex Burghart MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Ham","ons_code":"E14001213","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ely and East Cambridgeshire","ons_code":"E14001224","mp":"Charlotte Cane MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Feltham and Heston","ons_code":"E14001236","mp":"Seema Malhotra MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingswinford and South Staffordshire","ons_code":"E14001316","mp":"Mike Wood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Newton Abbot","ons_code":"E14001381","mp":"Martin Wrigley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North Herefordshire","ons_code":"E14001395","mp":"Dr Ellie Chowns MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Portsmouth South","ons_code":"E14001432","mp":"Stephen Morgan MP","signature_count":6},{"name":"Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner","ons_code":"E14001454","mp":"David Simmonds MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Southgate and Wood Green","ons_code":"E14001503","mp":"Bambos Charalambous MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"St Helens North","ons_code":"E14001509","mp":"David Baines MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Thornbury and Yate","ons_code":"E14001545","mp":"Claire Young MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Tunbridge Wells","ons_code":"E14001555","mp":"Mike Martin MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Widnes and Halewood","ons_code":"E14001584","mp":"Derek Twigg MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ceredigion Preseli","ons_code":"W07000093","mp":"Ben Lake MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":2},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":2},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":2},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":5},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":9},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":3},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":1}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}