London is the wild west of the global property market – and it needs a sheriff
We must legislate to curb the overseas tycoons buying up apartments and leaving them empty
Posts Tagged 'Local government'
‘This is the Everest of zero carbon’ – inside York’s green home revolution
The city plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments. When will the rest of the UK catch up?
Wealthiest households in Westminster failing to pay extra £833 in tax
Only 2% have made annual ‘community contribution’ requested by council leader
Caviar care home: retirement complex for ‘oligarchs’ to open in Chelsea
Critics attack sale of council nursing home site to make way for world’s most-expensive care home complex
Empty homes council tax rise unlikely to deter rich owners, say critics
Hammond’s 100% extra tax on vacant property dismissed as ‘joke’ unlikely to hit wealthy buyers or spur re-use of housing
Qatar wins approval to turn US embassy in London into hotel
Westminster council accepts plan to build 137-room hotel in Grade II-listed building in Grosvenor Square