The government is to blame for empty rates, not Barker or Lyons

12 October 2007

Sir, I read with a mixture of anger and frustration the remarks attributed to ‘a spokesman for the Communities and Local Government department’ (news, 14.09.07) heaping responsibility on to Sir Michael Lyons and Kate Barker’s shoulders for the empty rates legislation which, as the British Property Federation’s director described, is ...

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