Labour plans fresh crackdown on Nimbys
Communities fighting to block large housing developments could be limited to a single court challenge under a new Labour crackdown...
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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...
Foxtons hit as Labour’s rent reforms let students move out early
Foxtons cut its profit guidance after earnings for the first half of its financial year plunged by nearly a third...
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...
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...
Labour considers watering down £250 ground rent cap
Katie Kendrick, of the National Leasehold Campaign (NLC), said: “The NLC is very concerned the Government wants to consult on...
Buyers demand ‘Burnham discount’ on house prices
This marked the eighth month in a row in which year-on-year prices decreased in London, with prices having fallen by...
Whoever Burnham chooses as chancellor, they are coming for your home
“Property tax in the UK is a mess. A particular problem for getting more housebuilding is that undeveloped land goes...
UK property tax burden is fourth heaviest in OECD
Tuesday 09 December 2025 4:40 pm First-time buyers are getting older and more reliant on multiple incomes The UK’s property...
