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Boris to pay for Crossrail with empty rates

21 August 2009

Vacancies arise: rail link to be funded by empty rates

Empty rates bills in London will go up by almost 5% next April if mayor Boris Johnson makes owners of empty properties pay an additional business rates levy to fund the capital’s east-west rail link, Crossrail

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