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  Finance (No. 2) Bill - Third Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of excluding overseas activities of UK headquartered banking groups from the bank levy, and in favour of reducing stamp duty for first time buyers of homes in transactions of up to Â£500,000. 
  
  @ MP voted no against excluding overseas activities of UK headquartered banking groups from the bank levy, and against reducing stamp duty for first time buyers of homes in transactions of up to Â£500,000. 
  
  MPs were considering the Finance Bill[1].
  
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the Bill be now read the Third time.
  
  support for the motion enabled the Bill to continue on its path to becoming law. 
  
  
  Key provisions in the Finance Bill which were supported by those voting for the motion included[1][2]:
  
  * Imposing income tax and corporation tax in 2018-19.
  * Keeping income tax rates at the 2017-18 levels for 2018-19
  * Eliminating stamp duty for first time buyers of homes in transactions of under Â£300,000 and reducing the duty for transactions of up to Â£500,000.
  * Excluding overseas activities of UK headquartered banking groups from the bank levy (an annual tax on banks calculated as a fraction of their total applicable liabilities and equities). 
  
  
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/financeno2.html Parliament's webpage on the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017-19]
  * [2] [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664009/explanatory_notes.pdf Explanatory notes to the  Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017-19]
  
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