By Harry Scoffin Four leasehold house owners in the former pit village of Thurcroft, near Rotherham, south Yorkshire, are bracing themselves for disappointment after almost six years of ground rent war. Their former National Coal Board homes on 200-year leases saw ground rents leap from £10 a year to a demand for £2,450. After arbitration … Continue reading Pensioners in former pit village fight ground rents rising from £10 a year to £1,100pa (after a demand for £2,450pa was rejected)