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Billions of taxpayer’s cash spent subsidising the lavish lifestyles of landlords could be clawed back through a “Robin Hood tax for renters,” campaigners said yesterday.
Generation Rent research has revealed that the private landlords driving rising rents effectively receive £26.7 billion a year in government subsidies.
That means the property hoarders are costing every British household £1,011 — enough for a top-of-the-range TV or family holiday to Spain.
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises