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Hello and welcome to this week’s Home Front . Last week was a busy one. Even though the convention is that the Government doesn’t make any huge announcements during the opposition’s annual conference, you’ll have noticed that Labour’s Housing Secretary Steve Reed went ahead and announced major changes to the way we buy and sell homes, anyway. Similarly, the convention didn’t stop Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer from embarking on a major trade mission to India.

You can refresh your memory of my analysis of what happened at Tory conference, particularly regarding stamp duty , here. And, similarly, if you

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