As wildfires rage, Britain isn’t ready for its boiling hot future
Sandy McCook, the local community council chairman, says: “It has been absolutely traumatic. We sit on the edge of Britain’s...
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Angela Rayner blocks 3,500 homes over fears of lead poisoning
Angela Rayner has blocked plans for 3,500 new homes in Kent over fears of lead poisoning.The Northfleet Harbourside project, billed...
Rightmove says housebuilding in worst state since financial crisis
The chief executive of Rightmove has said Britain’s housebuilders face the worst conditions since the financial crisis.Johan Svanstrom said developers were “seeing conditions...
More than 1,000 new homes a day needed to hit Labour’s housing target
More than 1,000 new homes need to be built each day to hit Labour’s housebuilding targets, new research shows.Housebuilders would...
Chow Yun-fat cuts $160m Peak house price by $60m after four years on market
Veteran actor Chow Yun-fat has slashed the asking price of his Peak mansion to HK$160 million, marking a cumulative reduction...
HMRC claws back £100m from landlords in tax crackdown
HMRC recovered more than £100m in tax from landlords last year following a data-driven crackdown, figures show.Thousands of landlords came...
Britain’s downsizing crisis is only getting worse
Are you trying to downsize? Tell us your story at money@telegraph.co.uk*Stephen Crowhurst’s late mother moved into a care home three...
The winners and losers under a Burnham property tax shake-up
For a two-bedroom flat near Canary Wharf, last bought for £380,000 in May 2024, the current Band D council tax...
The Sussex coast that poses an early test for Burnham’s housing dream
The plan stretches all the way back to Westminster and Andy Burnham’s housebuilding ambitions, now steered by Angela Rayner, the...
‘I’m a 91-year-old veteran about to be dragged into mansion tax. This is wrong’
Veteran Cannell Benmore has spent 60 years at his home in Richmond, London. He and his wife live off their...
