Commons debate, July 11 2019 Bob Blackman, the Conservative MP for Harrow West, claims the government is prevaricating over leasehold reform. It notes what the Communities Select Committee, of which Mr Blackman is a member, has unearthed but “there has been no commitment to actrion”. “The Government are leaning on the fact that the Law […]
Communities Select Committee lifts the lid on the residential freehold racket
By Sebastian O’Kelly On Monday (November 19 2018), MPs of the Communities Select Committee at last flushed out the developers and ground rent speculators who profit from turning ordinary families’ homes into long term investment assets. A murky sector that habitually hides behinds the courts, lawyers, lobbyists and trade bodies finally had to justify its […]
