Chancellor Sajid Javid has said he has no plans to make house sellers rather than buyers pay stamp duty tax.
“I wouldn’t support that,” the chancellor said in a tweet on Sunday.
His comments came after the Times reported on Saturday that Mr Javid was considering the idea, to save first-time buyers from paying the tax.
“I know from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government that we need bold measures on housing – but this isn’t one of them,” Mr Javid said.
