Michael Gove - "Empty rates: a wicked and ungodly act"
Oct 28th, 2009
23 Oct 09 - Michael Gove MP, Tory shadow cabinet minister, writing in Building Magazine, has set out his views on empty rates: "The government’s removal of empty property rate relief has been universally recognised as a wicked and ungodly act." Read more: http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=31&storycode=3151499&chan
Read MoreWhat is empty rates relief?
Empty rates relief was introduced in 1989 as a response to an ailing property market. On 1 April 2008, the government removed relief from business rates on empty non-domestic buildings. Despite the government's power to immediately reintroduce relief and the worst commercial property downturn (in nominal values) since the Great Depression, empty rates have been kept in place. ...Read MoreHelp us help you
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