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The Labour Party government and HMRC have been told to scrap the "worst" tax for UK households. Treasury ministers have debated the housing market in a Commons debate this week - with the Conservative Party demanding stamp duty be scrapped.

The Tories ' Sir Mel Stride has spoken out, but Labour Party cabinet member James Murray described the Tory plan to axe stamp duty as “half-baked”, with the “ghost of Liz Truss” haunting the Commons.

“There are choices here,” Conservative shadow chancellor Sir Mel said. “It does not have to be like this. We can actually reduce taxes if we get on top and control government spending.

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"At my party conference, we set out £47 billion of savings across g

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