Ex-housing secretary urges stamp duty cut ahead of budget

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But chancellor warns Tories not to raise expectations

Former housing secretary Robert Jenrick has called for a cut to stamp duty ahead of the spring budget. 

In an op-ed for The Telegraph, the Tory backbencher said stamp duty thresholds should be raised, rates lowered, or the whole thing scrapped in order to boost housing supply in the short-term. 

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