by peter littlewood | Sep 2, 2025 | Open News
The magazine Which? is promoting a scheme to lower energy bills. Stating that, making your home more energy-efficient is a powerful way to lower your energy bills and reduce your environmental impact. But with so many options available—from solar panels and heat...
by peter littlewood | Sep 2, 2025 | Open News
The UK property market is facing one of its biggest potential shocks in years. The Labour Party is actively considering a House Value Tax (HVT) to replace Stamp Duty and reform Council Tax. While Labour present the plan as a fairer, simpler system of property...
by peter littlewood | Sep 2, 2025 | Open News
Generation Rent has accused landlords of “rigging the system to line their own pockets” after new figures revealed that councils are spending millions in one-off incentive payments to secure private tenancies for homeless households. Through Freedom of Information...
by peter littlewood | Sep 2, 2025 | Open News
The government’s Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund, announced in May 2019 to fully cover the costs of removing and replacing unsafe ACM cladding on private residential buildings over 18 metres, is now being phased out. From 1 September 2025, the Fund will...
by peter littlewood | Sep 2, 2025 | Open News
In a detailed analysis published on Generation Rent’s website, deputy chief executive Dan Wilson Craw raised concerns about the role of institutional landlords in London’s Build-to-Rent (BTR) sector. “As long as home ownership is out of reach for a majority of...
