Budget 2017 news: slightly less income tax; stamp duty scrapped for first-time buyers

There was good news for some in the 2017 Autumn Budget delivered this week by Chancellor Philip Hammond. There has been a slight increase in the national living wage, which will rise from £7.50 to £7.83 in April 2018. The tax-free personal allowance (ie how much you can earn before you have to pay tax)…