When you buy a home or a piece of land in the UK, a percentage of the property price is to be paid as ‘stamp duty’. Generally, no stamp duty is levied on properties that are £125,000 or under. However, in July of last year, Chancellor Rishi Sunak had announced that the stamp duty threshold …
Dealing with delays from the Home Office reaching a decision on your Immigration Application? Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Home Office has sought to justify several reasons that delays in decision-making have arose. However, despite these reasons, whether it be a direct cause of Covid-19 and the consequences of Brexit; or simply because of …
Inheritance Tax is the tax on an estate of a person who has died. The estate includes everything the person owns (property, money & assets) and any property or money they had given as a gift in the seven years prior to death. If the estate’s value is £325,000 or below, no inheritance tax has …
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Everyone is aware of the severe consequences of COVID-19 on a person’s physical health. But only a few have noticed the pandemic’s impact on the mental health of people. According to a study in the UK, the percentage of the population with mental health issues has increased from 18.8% in 2018 to 27.3% in 2020. …
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The ‘Right to Build’ scheme was launched by the government in 2016 in an effort to improve the housing market in the UK. The whole idea was to encourage people to build or commission their own homes instead of purchasing already-built homes. Under the ‘Right to Build’ scheme, those who want to build or commission …
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On the 11th November 2020, it was officially announced that the Immigration Act 2020 had received Royal Assent to end free movement on New Year’s Eve. The new Immigration Law will close the book on free movement and transform the United Kingdom’s Immigration system into a single point’s-based system consisting of tiers that offer routes to …
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From 1st January 2021, UK nationals will come under some travel restrictions when visiting countries in the EU. First of all, due to COVID-19, EU countries are not allowing travellers from other countries. Now, even the UK nationals will not be allowed. However, a few individual countries in the EU may allow for restriction-free travel. …
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