All Election articles – Page 5
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OnlineVIDEO: London mayor hopefuls argue over housing crisis at LandAid debate
The candidates for Mayor of London pitched themselves to the property industry this week as they traded blows on key election issues at the annual LandAid debate.
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Bristol gears up for mayoral election
For those in the property industry who don’t stray too far from the offices and coffee shops of central London, there is only one mayoral election this year that is of interest - and it is not one being contested by an architect known primarily for his love of red ...
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Battle for mayor of London heats up
The runners and riders in the London mayoral election took swipes at each other last night in the LandAid Debate, with housing issues the key focus.
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New mayor must show London is open for business
Whatever the colour of the rosette, the challenges the next mayor of London will face are as diverse and complex as the city itself.
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Bristol mayor: ‘£1bn devolution deal close’
Bristol mayor George Ferguson has confirmed the city is “pretty close” to a devolution deal with the government that is likely to see the creation of a new ‘super-council’ and a ‘metro mayor’.
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Need to know: Labour probes housing market, once again
When the Labour party, under its new leader Jeremy Corbyn, announced last October that it had asked Taylor Wimpey chief executive Pete Redfern to undertake a review of the UK housing market, many in the industry rolled their eyes.
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What the property industry wants from the new London mayor
As London prepares to welcome a new mayor this May, eight experts from across the property industry reveal the policies they would like to see at the top of the new incumbent’s list of priorities.
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Will capital gain under Boris’s successor?
Where the London property industry goes in 2016 will not all be down to who wins the mayoral election in May, but it will certainly be a key factor.
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Khan proposes 50% affordable housing target
Sadiq Khan, the Labour candidate for Mayor of London, has said 50% of new housing built on brownfield land in the capital will be affordable if he is elected.
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Goldsmith’s buying rules ‘to hit London land values’
Conservative London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith’s plan to give Londoners the first chance to buy new-build homes on public land could lead to a fall in land values, housebuilders have warned.
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Goldsmith promises to give Londoners first chance to buy homes on public land
Conservative London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has promised to start fixing the capital’s housing crisis by giving Londoners the first chance to buy new homes built on public land.
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London property groups launch mayoral manifesto
Two leading property groups have called on the next mayor of London to adopt a series of measures aimed at tackling the housing crisis while protecting commercial space.
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Goldsmith tables two for one London building policy
A group of MPs, including London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, has suggested that the government should have a duty to replace all high-value London homes sold by councils with at least two new, affordable ones.
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North East and Tees Valley to have elected mayors
The north east of England and the Tees Valley will be given elected mayors with a raft of new powers, the chancellor George Osborne has revealed.
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Corbyn: a potential win-win for real estate
The election of Jeremy Corbyn could be an unexpected force for good for UK real estate. We may end up thanking him.
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Housing to take centre stage in London mayoral battle
How do the two main contenders to be London’s next mayor compare on housing policy?
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Zac Goldsmith to take on Sadiq Khan
Zac Goldsmith has won the race to be the Tory candidate for London mayor.
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Corbyn sets sights on developers as party outlines housing policies
Jeremy Corbyn has put developers firmly in his sights after the new Labour leader vowed the party would press for a crackdown on affordable housing contributions as part of a wider policy push aimed at building 100,000 council homes each year.
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Beware the consequences of Corbyn’s housing agenda
I’m indebted to Jeremy Corbyn for one thing: I might get less grief from my wife next time I wear socks with sandals. But the Labour leader’s fashion faux pas could also presage a return to the ‘beards and sandals’ era of Labour housing policy.
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New-look Labour brandishes tougher housing policies
It has been a dramatic week for the Labour party. Veteran left-wing Islington MP Jeremy Corbyn stormed to victory on Saturday, becoming Labour leader in a landslide victory, with 59.5% of first-preference votes.
