Councillors reject government’s ‘end of austerity’ claim
‘We’ve been told that austerity is coming to an end. It doesn’t feel like it’s over here’
Philip Hammond
Business rates: Town Hall launches consultation on £7m relief fund
Residents can have a say on how money is dished out to local businesses, which were hit hard by this year’s rates hike
Council urges estate agents to scrap letting fees ahead of expected government ban
Whitehall consultation on a change in the law ended last month but council bemoans ‘absence of real change’ since then
Rent campaigners blockade letting agency to protest ‘daylight robbery’
Tenants’ group targets branch of Savills as it calls on government to ‘stick to its guns on fees ban’
Petition opposing business rates hike handed to Downing Street
‘The sheer severity of the impact on areas like Hackney is unjustifiable’, warns Mayor Philip Glanville
Hackney’s economy ‘at risk of stagnation’ over rates hike, council warns
Town Hall urges government to delay ‘devastating’ increase in business rates amid Brexit fears