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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Stamp duty raised from property sales in London hits a record £5.6 billion

The amount of stamp raised from sale of homes and other properties in London hit a record £5.6 billion last year, latest official figures reveal.

The total for the year to April 2023 was up 10% from £5.085 billion in the previous year, according to data released by HMRC, enough to pay for about half the entire budget of the Justice Department.

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