All Budget articles – Page 7
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OnlineBudget 2015: Manchester set to net £1.35bn in business rates plan
Government plans to allow Greater Manchester to retain 100% of the growth in business rates could net the area around £1.35bn, according to Deloitte.
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Budget 2015: More money for brownfield development in London
The government will allocate more money to the London Land Commission in order to boost the supply of new homes in the capital, the chancellor said today.
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Budget 2015: Chancellor announces devolved powers and business rates reform
George Osborne has announced further regional devolution through business rates legislation and ‘city deals’ in his Budget today.
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How the last five Budgets have affected property
Property Week has analysed the last five Budgets – from 2010 to 2014 – and pulled out the main ways that they affected the property industry.
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Osborne's pension reforms will spark a buy-to-let frenzy
Who’s got a bet on how many times George Osborne will use the phrase “long term economic plan” in his Budget speech? If I were a betting man I’d put my money on 25.
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Osborne has closed a tax loophole – but how did it come to open?
Louis Baker unpicks one of the lesser publicised policies from the Autumn Statement.
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North to get own 'sovereign wealth fund'
Osborne announces long-term fund that will invest revenues from shale gas resoures into the North of England.
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Government reveals dramatic overhaul of stamp duty
Chancellor announces overhaul of stamp duty in move to make tax more progressive
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Osborne announces structural review of business rates system
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed the government will conduct a structural review of business rates in today’s Autumn Statement.
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Government backs Olympic cultural hub with £141m
Funding to support development of Olympicopolis cultural hub on Olympic park, with Victoria and Albert Museum and Sadler’s Wells to open new centres on site.
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Osborne set to announce review of business rates
Autumn Statement expected announce review of business rates, as chancellor also gives government backing to case for Crossrail 2
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Government unveils move to plan, commission and sell new homes
Government will pilot ‘direct commissioning’ of homes on new town site in Cambridgeshire and has cut the affordable homes obligation on small sites.
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Bicester to become second new garden city
Bicester in Oxfordshire is to become the UK’s second new garden city, with up to 13,000 new homes due to be built on the edge of the town.
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Budget 2014: Money for flooding but not green property
The government plans to increase investment in flood defences by £140m over the next two years and create a £200m fund to fill potholes.
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Budget 2014: Osborne's £800m housing package
The chancellor has announced funding totalling £800m to increase the supply of new homes.
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Budget 2014: Stamp duty hit for homes over £500k
Companies buying homes worth more than £500,000 will be hit with a new 15% stamp duty requirement, as the government continues to clamp down on tax avoidance.
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Autumn Statement: The industry reacts
Measures announced today to alleviate the burden of business rates on companies have been dismissed by many in the property industry as little more than “tinkering around the edges” of a broken rates system.
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Autumn Statement: Osborne tightens up planning
The chancellor has announced a package of measures to further streamline the planning process.
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Autumn Statement: government to clear 95% of business rates appeals
The government is to consult on reforms to clear a backlog of business rates appeals, as tipped by Property Week last month.
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Autumn Statement: New "reoccupation" rates relief
Companies moving into long-term empty properties will be granted relief from business rates, the chancellor announced today.
