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HM Revenue and Customs has done a rapid U-turn on a decision to close its self-assessment telephone helpline for half the...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

A Labour council claims to have a pioneering scheme to get refunds from law breaking landlords. Local media in York say the...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into the workings of the private rental sector. It says the focus...

Over 5,000 leaseholders – some of them private landlords – could get refunds on their ground rent after the Competition and...

HMRC is seeing substantial delays in the processing of self assessment tax returns, it’s being claimed.  A company called RIFT Tax Refunds...

Landlords have told government that while they welcome new cash help for student tenants, the rest of the lettings sector needs...

An influential all-party committee of MPs and members of the House of Lords is calling for a new council tax fund...

A landlord has opened up to a news website about the difficulties trying to accommodate student tenants during the lockdown.  Elizabeth Hunter is...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new tool for tenants to check on their landlords - and possibly claim...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devasting impact on the short-term let industry, with nearly all those short-letting their property seeing the...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association’s (STAA) is lobbying the government for an emergency support package to help the short-term rental...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

Private housing tenants from across income scales are living in unsafe homes that fail to meet basic legal standards, a report...