Burnham’s council housing hopes face a bruising reality check
Local authorities would also have to buy expensive land to build on, adding to the cost.Figures from Savills show there...
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Land value tax could take five years to implement, says BoE
Sir John Gieve, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, has outlined the case for introducing a land value...
Burnham is coming for your home
Perhaps a raid on pensions? You guessed it, the Chancellor has already dragged them into the purview of inheritance tax.Even...
The homeowners in the crosshairs of a Burnham property tax raid
Public sector middle earners such as teachers could also be forced to relocate from London and the South East as...
The homeowners in the crosshairs of a Burnham property tax raid
Homeowners in the Chilterns could be forced to pay hundreds of millions of pounds more for living in their homes...
Dollar falls after cooling producer prices, Middle East escalation in focus
By Laura Matthews NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - The dollar fell against major currencies on Wednesday after softer-than-expected U.S....
Letters: Burnham’s property tax overhaul threatens to destroy aspiration
SIR – Heather Wetzel claims that a new land value tax (LVT) would be “fairer”, as well as “more efficient...
Labour’s house of cards on tax will come tumbling down
While Sir Keir Starmer’s administration has been fiscally irresponsible, the Labour MPs and trade union barons putting Andy Burnham in...
Andy Burnham’s council house blitz is a recipe for social disharmony
This target was substantially built around the assumption that planning reform alone would unleash a tsunami of private-sector house building.Sadly,...
What a turbo-charged Burnham mansion tax would mean for your home
Property experts have warned that tightening the tax squeeze on homeowners threatens to not only trigger fresh turmoil in the...
