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Has Jenrick just handed £1bn each to Astor, Tchenguiz and Wallace Estates with two-storey planning gift?
We must “Build, build, build” says the government … but must that really mean “Shaft, shaft, shaft” the consumers. How on earth has this giveaway to rich and anonymous investors benefited society? Speculators in residential freeholds have today seen them leap in value as the government eases planning on […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreLaw Commission reports offer blueprint to demolish monetising landlordism in residential leasehold
The Law Commission today publishes three reports proposing reforms to the leasehold system and its complete replacement with a revived commonhold tenure, on the statute book since 2002 but ignored by the commercial interests in the sector. Coupled with the Government’s commitment to set new ground rents to zero […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents should not be left to pay for remedies to unsafe tower block cladding
High-rise buildings (Babek Gadirly – Pexels) In 2015, after eight years of saving, my partner and I were finally able to buy our own home. Two happy years later, I found out that my home was wrapped in dangerous cladding, similar to that found on Grenfell Tower. Overnight, there […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment allocate £1bn to remove all types of dangerous cladding with New Building Safety Fund
The new Building Safety Fund injects new funds to solve an old problem, will it be enough? In Rishi Sunak’s first Budget speech, he announced that the Government would be introducing a new Building Safety Fund of £1bn to help cover the costs of removing all types of unsafe […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBudget 2020: £1bn fund to strip cladding from tall buildings
A £1bn fund to help strip combustible cladding from homes in privately owned tower blocks is “a huge step forward”, but likely to be too little and would still leave thousands of people in financial and safety limbo, leaseholders said. The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, accepted demands to bail out […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGreat to see the All Party Insurance & Financial Services Group flourishing
I am delighted to see that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is going from strength-to-strength in its new partnership with the Chartered Insurance Institute and with former insurance broker, now Tory MP, Craig Tracey at the helm. It is nearly 30 years since I […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGreat to see the All Party Insurance & Financial Services Group flourishing
I am delighted to see that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is going from strength-to-strength in its new partnership with the Chartered Insurance Institute and with former insurance broker, now Tory MP, Craig Tracey at the helm. It is nearly 30 years since I […] Click here to view original…
Read More#EndOurCladdingScandal – Rip Off Britain – 3/10/19
In the wake of the Grenfell fire, why is the government stumping up cash to help some residents replace their dangerous cladding but leaving other people to foot the sky-high bills themselves? Julia meets some of those affected. https://www.facebook.com/groups/natio… https://nationalleaseholdcampaign.org/ #LeaseholdScandal #NLC #Leasehold #Commonhold #Fleecehold #FleeceholdScandal #HousingCrisis #Housing #Homes […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement
The government will fully fund the replacement of unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on high-rise private residential properties where building owners have failed to do so Communities Secretary the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP calls time on “reckless” building owners who have refused to take action New funding […] Click here to view original…
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