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20 Dec 2011
The Government has published the Local Government Finance Bill . It was introduced by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles yesterday as a Bill to "take forward proposals designed to encourage local economic growth".
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07 Dec 2011
The Government has demanded that agents selling schemes that help buyers avoid stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on very expensive houses disclose more of those schemes to it. It has proposed a law change as part of the Finance Bill 2012.
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06 Dec 2011
A proposed new law which could modernise the process of registering land and property rights in Scotland has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.
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04 Oct 2011
Sewerage authorities in England and Wales will only be prosecuted for minor environmental incidents involving recently transferred sewers and lateral drains if they are negligent, the Environment Agency (EA) has confirmed.
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12 Sep 2011
Registering land in Scotland should become easier as a result of a bill introduced in the Scottish Government's 2011/12 legislative programme, an expert has said.
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09 Sep 2011
The Government has no plans to reinstate tax relief on empty business premises despite lobbying from the property industry, it has said.
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22 Aug 2011
Landlords can enforce guarantees of an outgoing tenant's ongoing liabilities when their tenants assign their leases, the Court of Appeal has confirmed.
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