Stamp duty receipts slide by nearly £1bn
Last year's total of £8.55bn was a full £926m below the record £9.5bn collected in 2017, and marked the first decline in three years
Stamp duty receipts tumble by £1 billion
Latest statistics from HMRC confirm a massive fall from £12.9bn in 2017/18 to £11.9bn in 2018/19, the biggest decline seen since the financial crisis
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