All Election articles – Page 8
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OnlineSNP backs mansion tax and 100,000 affordable homes across UK each year
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has delivered her party’s election manifesto, promising to back the building of 100,000 affordable homes a year across the UK.
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InsightEveryone is invited to the political house party
Housing was always expected to play a key role in the run up to the general election, but I’m not sure anyone appreciated just how key it would be. They do now.
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InsightTwo elections might not be such an unlikely outcome
One consequence of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act is that we’ve had to endure the political parties slagging each other off while promising the earth for several months now and the only silver lining to this unwelcome cloud is that we only have to suffer another three weeks of it.
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InsightInterview: Chuka Umunna on Labour’s key property pledges
With less than three weeks to go until the most nail-biting election in decades, to say Chuka Umunna is busy is an understatement.
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NewsBPF chief wants property to be key partner for next government
The British Property Federation’s chief executive has called for the property industry to be a “fundamental partner” to politicians as the UK heads towards the general election.
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MarketsNeed to know: Ed Miliband’s £5bn plan to boost housing
Earlier this month, Labour leader Ed Miliband unveiled plans to funnel money from the newly proposed Help to Buy ISAs into the £5bn Future Homes Fund, with a view to building 125,000 homes in the next five years.
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OnlineLib Dems promise land tax and ‘devolution on demand’
The Liberal Democrats have committed to replace business rates with a land value tax and devolve more powers to the regions in their manifesto, which was launched today.
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OnlineTory housing sell-off must avoid mistakes of the Thatcher era
Political giveaways don’t come much bigger than offering huge discounts on homes, but the manifesto pledge from David Cameron today to extend one of the most Thatcherite of Thatcher policies needs to avoid the mistakes of the past.
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OnlineTories to extend right-to-buy and 'unlock' construction of 400,000 brownfield homes
David Cameron will reveal a Conservative government would extend the right-to-buy scheme to housing association tenants in England, as he unveils his party’s general election manifesto later today.
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OnlineLabour launches election manifesto
The Labour party has unveiled its manifesto ahead of next month’s general election, promising to pay for its pledges without requiring any additional borrowing.
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InsightRelax: the election will not trouble UK plc
Only real gamblers would bet on a majority government of either colour given the polls.
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OnlineLabour commits to £5bn housebuilding drive
Labour has announced plans to build 125,000 new homes in the next five years with money raised by an ISA for first-time buyers.
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OnlineProperty heavyweights sign Telegraph letter backing Tories
Major figures from the property and construction industries are among more than 100 business leaders to sign an open letter to the Telegraph backing the Tories in the upcoming election.
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InsightThe home of Dreamland is no nightmare
Who would’ve thought South Thanet could potentially play such a pivotal role in the general election?
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InsightInterview: Lord Heseltine and his mission to regenerate our cities
Political firebrand Michael Heseltine talks about his latest, and in his view greatest, mission.
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NewsInland Homes boss issues warning over Labour’s land bank policy
Labour’s “use it or lose it” policy in relation housebuilder land banks would be dangerous, Inland Homes chief executive Stephen Wicks has warned.
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ProfessionalLabour proposal could get large-scale housebuilding underway
For any developer that has experienced months of work undone by local political pressures, or suffered delay over planning permission, a Labour proposal to kick-start large-scale housebuilding sounds, at least at first glance, like the solution to all of their woes.
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MarketsNeed to know: the business case for more London homes
With the housing crisis a major election issue, London’s businesses are calling for the capital’s brownfield sites to be catalogued and developed to help solve the housing shortage.
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NewsBright outlook for UK property market will not be dimmed by election uncertainty
The UK property market is likely to remain attractive to investors over the course of 2015, despite falling yields and election uncertainty, according to Deloitte’s latest Property IQ report.
