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JLL backs new top council tax band
Lib Dems abandon ‘crude’ mansion tax in favour of new Council Tax bands
Just a few days after Labour threw itself behind a Mansion Tax on £2m+ properties, The Liberal Democrat party has overhauled its Mansion Tax plans, proposing the introduction of new Council Tax bands…
‘Punitive’ Scottish property tax overhaul creates ‘window of opportunity’
It looks like Scotland will get a new progressive tax regime to replace the existing SDLT structure from April next year, and the changes have created a "six month window of opportunity" at the middle…
Balls details plans for mansion tax on ‘ultra-high-value’ £2m+ homes
"How can it be right that the foreign buyer last month of a £140 million flat in Westminster will pay just £26 a week in council tax — the same as the average-value property in that council area?
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Sales launch at boutique Marylebone resi scheme
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