The Tories have pledged to scrap Scotland’s equivalent of stamp duty if the party is re-elected.

Kemi Badenoch laid out her plans for the nation during her closing address to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday.

If the Tories are returned to power, she promised to abolish stamp duty in England and Wales.

Known as Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) in Scotland, the Scottish Tories have also pledged to scrap the fee to help Scots get on the property ladder.

“Stamp duty is a bad tax,” Badenoch told the party conference on Wednesday.

“We must free up our housing market, because a society where no one can afford to buy or move is a society where social mobility is dead.”

Currently, people buying a home worth £145,000 or less do not pay anything, while buyer

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