Office to residential planning changes
‘The FT reports that this week the government could push through changes to the...
Rate appeals ruining retailers
Retailers have said that urgent action is needed to deal with the huge backlog...
Garden cities call
Nick Clegg, the Deputy PM, has said that new “garden cities” should be built...
Developers Face New Regulations
The FT reports that UK commercial property developers are facing far higher costs and...
Expand villages
A Conservative group of modernisers, backed by Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude and Planning...
Housing market recovering
‘The UK housing market is showing signs of prolonged recovery, according to the latest...
HMRC should drop the witch hunt on tax planning
Our tax team have commented via the UK200Group on whether HMRC is taking the...
Cash for councils
‘Nick Boles, the Planning Minister, will announce today that councils will be offered cash...
Cuts in child benefit ‘will hit working families in poor half of society as well’
BKL tax partner David Whiscombe is quoted by the Daily Mail in its article...
Councils could be overruled
The Daily Telegraph reports that local councils that delay granting planning permission for new...
PM promises housing help
‘David Cameron has promised help for families that are struggling to get on the...
Halifax: little change expected
‘UK house prices fell by 0.3% in 2012 and will remain at the same...