Election 2024: Tories accuse Labour of stamp duty ‘hammering’ for first time buyers June 20, 2024 The Conservatives have claimed Labour not matching their housing promises will result in “hammering” first-time buyers with stamp duty.
Square Mile and Me – Conservative City candidate Tim Barnes: ‘I live here, so I understand the everyday problems’ June 20, 2024 We’re asking the candidates for the Cities of London and Westminster to introduce themselves. Today, it's Conservative runner Timothy Barnes.
Gleneagles hotel in Scotland is too cool to care about its centenary – review June 19, 2024 Gleneagles has turned 100 but the hotel is too cool to care about anniversaries - review
Election 2024: What Jeremy Hunt’s X feed reveals about his hyper-local campaign June 19, 2024 Jeremy Hunt - who admits his Godalming and Ash seat is “on a knife edge” - is taking a different approach to his bid to hold onto the constituency.
Election 2024: Will Labour change your council tax band? June 19, 2024 Labour's position on council tax is coming under intense scrutiny, amid calls to revamp the 1991 bands. Will the party have to re-evaluate them?
Severfield sees sales dip despite major acquisition and high demand for structural steel June 19, 2024 Structural steel producer Severfield has seen a dip in its sales despite reporting a record order book in its key markets as the demand for steel in major infrastructure projects continues to boom.
End of an era: The man behind Canary Wharf’s rise to step away after 36 years June 19, 2024 Canary Wharf chairman Sir George Iacobescu is to step down as chair of the developer
Build, Baby, Build: Why this election will change the politics of housing June 19, 2024 There’s good reasons to be optimistic that the next government will finally get a grip on the housing crisis. First, all parties have made manifesto commitments on building targets. Second, Labour voters are much more positively disposed to development, argues Shreya Nanda The housing crisis is a key issue facing the country at this election. [...]
Build, Baby,Build: Yimbys are London’s future June 19, 2024 Despite a few naysayers, all the evidence suggests London is the most likely part of the country to say “yes in my backyard!” The next government must ignore the noisy minority and listen to the voices of progress, says John Myers London is the most Yimby part of the country, with seven of its boroughs [...]
Build, Baby, Build: The rental market and the rise of the DFL (that’s down from London) June 19, 2024 A rental market that drains bank balances and instils constant dread of eviction is driving people away from London. The capital can’t survive unless it can sustain its young workers, says Morgan Jones I lived in London for the best part of a decade, and for most of that time assumed that I probably always [...]