Water Bills and Stamp Duty
Time is running out for people to buy homes before changes to stamp duty start in April. What can you do to speed up the process?
From April water bills for millions of households in England and Wales will go up by record amounts. Exactly how much more you'll pay will depend where you live but, on average, bills will increase by more than 拢10 per month meaning a total average cost of over 拢600 a year. What can you do if you're struggling with those bills?
There's just a month left for people in the process of buying a home in England and Northern Ireland to complete the sale before stamp duty rises on April the first. Some estimates suggest there could be tens of thousands of buyers who will miss that deadline by just a few days. What can you do if you're trying to hit that deadline?
Train fares in England and Wales will go up on Sunday. At the same time, most railcards, which give you cheaper fares in England Wales and Scotland, will cost you more. We'll have more on that.
And energy prices will also go up in April. We鈥檒l take a look at the issue of standing charges. Why do they vary regionally, and how might Ofgem鈥檚 proposals to reform them work?
Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporters: Dan Whitworth and Haider Saleem
Researchers: Eimear Devlin and Jo Krasner
Editor: Jess Quayle
(First broadcast 12pm Saturday 1st March 2025)
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