diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d7f1db035..91ed6c8a8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@ group :development do
   gem "rubocop-rails", require: false
 end
 
-group :test, :staging do
-  gem "timecop", "~> 0.9.4"
-end
-
 group :test do
   gem "axe-core-rspec"
   gem "capybara", require: false
@@ -115,6 +111,7 @@ group :test do
   gem "rspec-rails", require: false
   gem "selenium-webdriver", require: false
   gem "simplecov", require: false
+  gem "timecop", "~> 0.9.4"
   gem "webmock", require: false
 end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/timecop_helper.rb b/app/helpers/timecop_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2780cc918..000000000
--- a/app/helpers/timecop_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-module TimecopHelper
-  def without_timecop(&block)
-    if defined?(Timecop)
-      Timecop.return(&block)
-    else
-      yield
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/mailers/devise_notify_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/devise_notify_mailer.rb
index d023ca843..4065e3aa9 100644
--- a/app/mailers/devise_notify_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/devise_notify_mailer.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 class DeviseNotifyMailer < Devise::Mailer
-  include TimecopHelper
   require "notifications/client"
 
   def notify_client
@@ -9,13 +8,11 @@ class DeviseNotifyMailer < Devise::Mailer
   def send_email(email_address, template_id, personalisation)
     return true if intercept_send?(email_address)
 
-    without_timecop do
-      notify_client.send_email(
-        email_address:,
-        template_id:,
-        personalisation:,
-      )
-    end
+    notify_client.send_email(
+      email_address:,
+      template_id:,
+      personalisation:,
+    )
   rescue Notifications::Client::BadRequestError => e
     Sentry.capture_exception(e)
 
diff --git a/app/mailers/notify_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/notify_mailer.rb
index 93187a749..21a6e0270 100644
--- a/app/mailers/notify_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/notify_mailer.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 class NotifyMailer < ApplicationMailer
-  include TimecopHelper
   require "notifications/client"
 
   def notify_client
@@ -9,13 +8,11 @@ class NotifyMailer < ApplicationMailer
   def send_email(email, template_id, personalisation)
     return true if intercept_send?(email)
 
-    without_timecop do
-      notify_client.send_email(
-        email_address: email,
-        template_id:,
-        personalisation:,
-      )
-    end
+    notify_client.send_email(
+      email_address: email,
+      template_id:,
+      personalisation:,
+    )
   end
 
   def personalisation(record, token, url, username: false)
diff --git a/app/models/form/sales/questions/value.rb b/app/models/form/sales/questions/value.rb
index e731fda8e..0884a3fb6 100644
--- a/app/models/form/sales/questions/value.rb
+++ b/app/models/form/sales/questions/value.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Form::Sales::Questions::Value < ::Form::Question
     @type = "numeric"
     @min = form.start_year_2026_or_later? ? 15_000 : 0
     @step = 1
-    @width = 5
+    @width = 10
     @prefix = "£"
     @question_number = get_question_number_from_hash(QUESTION_NUMBER_FROM_YEAR_AND_SECTION, value_key: subsection.id)
     @top_guidance_partial = "financial_calculations_shared_ownership"
diff --git a/app/services/feature_toggle.rb b/app/services/feature_toggle.rb
index fd9c2cf1c..6f557722c 100644
--- a/app/services/feature_toggle.rb
+++ b/app/services/feature_toggle.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class FeatureToggle
   def self.allow_future_form_use?
-    Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.review?
+    Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.review? || Rails.env.staging?
   end
 
   def self.bulk_upload_duplicate_log_check_enabled?
diff --git a/app/services/storage/s3_service.rb b/app/services/storage/s3_service.rb
index c94a418b7..a6eef7d49 100644
--- a/app/services/storage/s3_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/storage/s3_service.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 module Storage
   class S3Service < StorageService
-    include TimecopHelper
-
     attr_reader :configuration
 
     def initialize(config_service, instance_name)
@@ -13,79 +11,61 @@ module Storage
     end
 
     def list_files(folder)
-      without_timecop do
-        @client.list_objects_v2(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, prefix: folder)
-               .flat_map { |response| response.contents.map(&:key) }
-      end
+      @client.list_objects_v2(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, prefix: folder)
+             .flat_map { |response| response.contents.map(&:key) }
     end
 
     def folder_present?(folder)
-      without_timecop do
-        response = @client.list_objects_v2(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, prefix: folder, max_keys: 1)
-        response.key_count == 1
-      end
+      response = @client.list_objects_v2(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, prefix: folder, max_keys: 1)
+      response.key_count == 1
     end
 
     def get_presigned_url(file_name, duration, response_content_disposition: nil)
-      without_timecop do
-        Aws::S3::Presigner
-          .new({ client: @client })
-          .presigned_url(:get_object, bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name, expires_in: duration, response_content_disposition:)
-      end
+      Aws::S3::Presigner
+        .new({ client: @client })
+        .presigned_url(:get_object, bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name, expires_in: duration, response_content_disposition:)
     end
 
     def get_file_io(file_name)
-      without_timecop do
-        @client.get_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
-               .body
-      end
+      @client.get_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
+             .body
     end
 
     def get_file(file_name)
-      without_timecop do
-        @client.get_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
-               .body.read
-      end
+      @client.get_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
+             .body.read
     end
 
     def write_file(file_name, data, content_type: nil)
-      without_timecop do
-        if content_type.nil?
-          @client.put_object(
-            body: data,
-            bucket: @configuration.bucket_name,
-            key: file_name,
-          )
-        else
-          @client.put_object(
-            body: data,
-            bucket: @configuration.bucket_name,
-            key: file_name,
-            content_type:,
-          )
-        end
+      if content_type.nil?
+        @client.put_object(
+          body: data,
+          bucket: @configuration.bucket_name,
+          key: file_name,
+        )
+      else
+        @client.put_object(
+          body: data,
+          bucket: @configuration.bucket_name,
+          key: file_name,
+          content_type:,
+        )
       end
     end
 
     def get_file_metadata(file_name)
-      without_timecop do
-        @client.head_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
-      end
+      @client.head_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
     end
 
     def file_exists?(file_name)
-      without_timecop do
-        @client.head_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
-        true
-      end
+      @client.head_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
+      true
     rescue Aws::S3::Errors::NotFound
       false
     end
 
     def delete_file(file_name)
-      without_timecop do
-        @client.delete_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
-      end
+      @client.delete_object(bucket: @configuration.bucket_name, key: file_name)
     end
 
   private
diff --git a/config/initializers/timecop.rb b/config/initializers/timecop.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e1f6fdf7..000000000
--- a/config/initializers/timecop.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-if Rails.env.staging?
-  require "timecop"
-  Timecop.travel(Time.zone.local(2026, 4, 1))
-end
diff --git a/config/locales/forms/2026/sales/sale_information.en.yml b/config/locales/forms/2026/sales/sale_information.en.yml
index b9c3bc8e9..f7edff900 100644
--- a/config/locales/forms/2026/sales/sale_information.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/forms/2026/sales/sale_information.en.yml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ en:
             value_shared_ownership_staircase:
               check_answer_label: "Full purchase price"
               check_answer_prompt: ""
-              hint_text: "Enter the full purchase price paid for the equity bought in this staircasing transaction (this is equal to the value of the share bought by the purchaser)."
+              hint_text: "Enter the full purchase price of the property before any discounts are applied. For shared ownership, enter the full purchase price paid for 100% equity (this is equal to the value of the share owned by the PRP plus the value bought by the purchaser in the current and all previous transactions)."
               question_text: "What was the full purchase price for this staircasing transaction?"
 
           equity:
diff --git a/config/locales/validations/sales/sale_information.en.yml b/config/locales/validations/sales/sale_information.en.yml
index 3c39608cc..ffdf1a874 100644
--- a/config/locales/validations/sales/sale_information.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/validations/sales/sale_information.en.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ en:
             mortgage_not_used: "The cash deposit is %{deposit}.</br></br>The full purchase price (%{value}) multiplied by the percentage bought is %{expected_shared_ownership_deposit_value}.</br></br>These two amounts should be the same."
             mortgage_used_socialhomebuy: "The mortgage amount (%{mortgage}), cash deposit (%{deposit}), and cash discount (%{cashdis}) added together is %{mortgage_deposit_and_discount_total}.</br></br>The full purchase price (%{value}) multiplied by the percentage equity stake purchased (%{equity}) is %{expected_shared_ownership_deposit_value}.</br></br>These two amounts should be the same."
             mortgage_not_used_socialhomebuy: "The cash deposit (%{deposit}) and cash discount (%{cashdis}) added together is %{deposit_and_discount_total}.</br></br>The full purchase price (%{value}) multiplied by the percentage bought (%{equity}) is %{expected_shared_ownership_deposit_value}.</br></br>These two amounts should be the same."
-          staircasing_mortgage: # this key
+          staircasing_mortgage:
             mortgage_used: "The mortgage (%{mortgage}) and cash deposit (%{deposit}) added together is %{mortgage_and_deposit_total}.</br></br>The full purchase price (%{value}) multiplied by the percentage bought is %{stairbought_part_of_value}.</br></br>These two amounts should be the same."
             mortgage_not_used: "The cash deposit is %{deposit}.</br></br>The full purchase price (%{value}) multiplied by the percentage bought is %{stairbought_part_of_value}.</br></br>These two amounts should be the same."
             mortgage_used_socialhomebuy: "The mortgage amount (%{mortgage}), cash deposit (%{deposit}), and cash discount (%{cashdis}) added together is %{mortgage_deposit_and_discount_total}.</br></br>The full purchase price (%{value}) multiplied by the percentage bought (%{stairbought}) is %{stairbought_part_of_value}.</br></br>These two amounts should be the same."
diff --git a/spec/models/form/sales/questions/value_spec.rb b/spec/models/form/sales/questions/value_spec.rb
index 2ebbf6d89..952b02e7c 100644
--- a/spec/models/form/sales/questions/value_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/form/sales/questions/value_spec.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RSpec.describe Form::Sales::Questions::Value, type: :model do
   end
 
   it "has correct width" do
-    expect(question.width).to eq(5)
+    expect(question.width).to eq(10)
   end
 
   it "has correct prefix" do