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Opinion: Buy-to-Let Landlords Are Dodging Tax En Masse

Harriet Williamson

Buy-to-let firms are now the UK’s biggest single type of business, as landlords switch set-up to cut tax payments. Let’s call this what it is: mass tax avoidance by a workshy, parasite class, writes Harriet Williamson.

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Opinion: Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are

Nick Bano

With the recent budget Labour whispered its first words of defiance to the bullying landlord lobby. A little louder for the people at the back, writes Nick Bano.

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Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

The newly elected Labour MP gained instant notoriety as the biggest landlord in the Commons. Less known is that in 2019 he was accused of serious sexual assault. Athwal claims that he was cleared by the party. The truth wasn’t so clear-cut, Novara Media can reveal.

A house lies aslant on grass having been devastated by a hurricane. Caution tape in the foreground.

Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Hurricane Helene, which left North Carolinian entire towns underwater last month, exemplifies the rot at the heart of America’s home insurance industry, writes Moira Birss. It needs rebuilding from the ground up.

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

The satirical museum has met an end too good to be scripted. Juliet Jacques meets its co-founder, the artist Darren Cullen.

A parent sits with their child on a pebble beach

Red Flags: I Know the Nuclear Family Is Flawed But What Else Can I Do?

Sophie K Rosa

Sophie K Rosa advises a single parent still hankering for their child’s father and wondering what it is they really need.

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Feature: Labour’s Building Blitz Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis, Experts Say

Aron Penczu

Even if built, Labour’s promised 1.5m new homes will not move the dial on house prices, rents, or homelessness, say experts. They probably won’t even keep up with population growth. Aron Penczu reports.

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Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’

Rivkah Brown

The far-right riots have exposed the racist core of Britain’s immigration panic. Angela Rayner has shown the right instinct by seizing this moment to chip away at the hostile environment, writes Rivkah Brown.

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Report: A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value

Rivkah Brown

Michael Gove signed off on paying inspectors more than £1,000 a day to make sure Tower Hamlets council was spending money well. Ironically, their enquiry is now more than £130,000 over budget, Novara Media can reveal.

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Report: Suspected ‘Revenge Eviction’ at Property Owned by Tory Councillor

Andrew Kersley

The founder of a rental management company has complained that ‘arsehole’ tenants are one of the biggest challenges in the sector.

A woman with a headscarf hugs her young child, who looks sullen

Red Flags: I Have Incurable Cancer. How Do I Live the Time I Have Left?

Sophie K Rosa

Sophie K Rosa addresses a reader with stage four breast cancer, and shares her own relationship with death.

A terrace of houses with a 'To Let' sign in front of one of them. The entire image is tinted red

Red Flags: I Hate Landlords. How Do I Avoid Becoming One?

Sophie K Rosa

Sophie K Rosa advises the potential inheritor of multiple properties on how to resist the temptations of landlordism.

Report: Cramming 40 People Into a Four-Bed House Wasn’t Enough to Get This ‘Rogue Landlord’ Added to the Government Database

Hajar Meddah

Banning orders and a ‘rogue landlord database’ are among an arsenal of enforcement tools technically available to local authorities. But they’re abysmally underused, while slum landlords run rampant. Hajar Meddah reports.

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Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days

Rivkah Brown

Paul Odell backtracked on a contract at the last minute, giving his tenants just days to get out. Rivkah Brown reports.

Sit Down, Relax, Have a Holiday – Welcome to Being a Landlord

Rivkah Brown attended the National Landlord Investment Show in London where landlords gather to complain about renters and share tips on how to increase their portfolios.

A man looks at houses for sale in the window of an estate agents

Opinion: The Housing Boom Replaced Social Democracy. Now We Have Neither

Aaron Bastani

Property owners need a reality check, writes Aaron Bastani. But it's easier to understand their anger over soaring mortgage rates when you consider what the housing boom replaced.

Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords

Ell Folan

Four in 10 Tory voters say ALAB, writes Ell Folan, while 71% of the country thinks landlords who commit housing offences should be jailed.

riot police patrol through the street while a local resident watches from their front garden

Feature: Did Riot Police Illegally Evict a Homeless Shelter?

Rivkah Brown

Earlier this month, around 100 riot cops descended on a homeless shelter in east London. The police insist everything was above board. Evidence suggests otherwise. Rivkah Brown reports.

Tag: housing

Opinion: Buy-to-Let Landlords Are Dodging Tax En Masse

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are

Nick Bano

Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

Red Flags: I Know the Nuclear Family Is Flawed But What Else Can I Do?

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: Labour’s Building Blitz Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis, Experts Say

Aron Penczu

Report: A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value

Rivkah Brown

Report: Suspected ‘Revenge Eviction’ at Property Owned by Tory Councillor

Andrew Kersley

Red Flags: I Have Incurable Cancer. How Do I Live the Time I Have Left?

Sophie K Rosa

Red Flags: I Hate Landlords. How Do I Avoid Becoming One?

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Cramming 40 People Into a Four-Bed House Wasn’t Enough to Get This ‘Rogue Landlord’ Added to the Government Database

Hajar Meddah

Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days

Rivkah Brown

Sit Down, Relax, Have a Holiday – Welcome to Being a Landlord

Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords

Ell Folan

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Tag: housing

Opinion: Buy-to-Let Landlords Are Dodging Tax En Masse

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Labour Is Finally Treating Landlords Like the Spoiled Children They Are

Nick Bano

Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

Red Flags: I Know the Nuclear Family Is Flawed But What Else Can I Do?

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: Labour’s Building Blitz Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis, Experts Say

Aron Penczu

Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’

Rivkah Brown

Report: A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value

Rivkah Brown

Report: Suspected ‘Revenge Eviction’ at Property Owned by Tory Councillor

Andrew Kersley

Red Flags: I Have Incurable Cancer. How Do I Live the Time I Have Left?

Sophie K Rosa

Red Flags: I Hate Landlords. How Do I Avoid Becoming One?

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Cramming 40 People Into a Four-Bed House Wasn’t Enough to Get This ‘Rogue Landlord’ Added to the Government Database

Hajar Meddah

Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days

Rivkah Brown

Sit Down, Relax, Have a Holiday – Welcome to Being a Landlord

Opinion: The Housing Boom Replaced Social Democracy. Now We Have Neither

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords

Ell Folan

Feature: Did Riot Police Illegally Evict a Homeless Shelter?

Rivkah Brown

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