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The race to avoid stamp duty

Thousands of home buyers are racing to avoid stamp duty; a new report says banks are failing victims of fraud; and funeral firms are given three months to provide clearer pricing.

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

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Sun 20 Jun 2021 21:00

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