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Castle-dwelling aristocrats are raking in massive amounts of housing benefit through feudal property empires targeting the poor, a freedom of information request revealed yesterday.
In circumstances reminiscent of the Middle Ages — earls, barons, viscounts and lords are among a group of fat-cat landlords pocketing billions from cash-strapped tenants.
Adding insult to injury, the landlords are also the real beneficiaries of Britain’s welfare system, as they also receive the housing benefit provided to renters struggling to survive.
The new PM may offer more of the same, but early signs on his housing policies look promising, says GLYNN ROBBINS
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