Policy
Permitted development rights bumped up for farm-to-resi buildings
Agricultural buildings can be converted to five - rather than three - family homes
Private Eye questions London property deals
Satirical magazine suggests the NCA "might want to look at" some recent acquisitions in Holland Park, Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Belgravia...
Westminster ‘guilt tax’ gets go-ahead
Council votes to roll out innovative 'Community Contribution' scheme
The Wealth Report 2018: Niall Ferguson on Brexit, China and the backlash against the backlash
One of the world’s most influential and controversial historians talks exclusively to The Wealth Report’s editor Andrew Shirley about the big issues facing the world and its wealth creators...
Property developers told to ‘do their duty’ as Prime Minister announces ‘a housing revolution’
Government outlines a major overhaul to the National Planning Policy Framework, the first in six years
Crime Agency secures first Unexplained Wealth Orders against two properties worth £22m
Ownerships of two properties in London and the South East are being investigated under new Criminal Finances powers, which have been dubbed the "McMafia Law"
Khan ‘bitterly disappointed’ with lack of progress on property market transparency
London Mayor livid as ministers announce further delays to 'much-needed' public register revealing foreign ownership of UK properties...
Guilt Tax: Will it jive?
A rejig of Council Tax price bands could have worked - but probably not now, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...
Millennials’ home ownership hopes dashed by a broken housing market
The latest report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies provides clear evidence that getting on the housing ladder has become a distant dream for many;
No more developer hospitality! Labour pledges to ‘clean up’ Westminster’s planning system
Council's relationships with developers under scrutiny as top brass accused of accepting a 'ludicrous' amount of hospitality...
Are the rich paying their fair share of taxes?
Are the rich paying their fair share of taxes, asks the Institute for Fiscal Studies' Helen Miller in this illuminating talk at the University of Manchester last year.
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Two London boroughs generating over three-quarters of ATED receipts
£126m of last year's £175m total came from Westminster and RBKC...