Badenoch Vows to Scrap UK’s Stamp Duty Tax on Home Purchases (1)

Kemi Badenoch promised to scrap the tax levied on the purchase of Britons’ main homes as she sought to turn around her party’s fortunes a little over a year from a historic election defeat.

In a speech to her party’s annual conference lasting more than 50 minutes, the Tory leader listed a slew of policies designed to show how her party had changed since their chaotic final years in government, when they cycled through four prime ministers in five years.

To a standing ovation, Badenoch detailed plans to scrap business rates for shops and pubs, abolish the current Labour ...