The three-month mortgage holiday announced by the Government is aimed at helping those in financial difficulty as a result of COVID-19. Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the measure on 17 March 2020 as the impact of the pandemic on the UK economy continues to grow. He said: “I can announce that for those in difficulty due […]
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Mortgage holders clamouring to obtain a “payment holiday” during the coronavirus crisis are waiting hours to get through to Britain’s banks, and many have given up.
Twitter has been deluged with complaints from customers unable to speak to someone at their bank. Some claimed they were waiting for as long as three and a half hours. Many expressed their anger at the lack of a simple online form that could be used to request a payment holiday.
Continue reading...The Government has pledged to protect renters from eviction for the next three months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Emergency legislation is being brought forward preventing landlords from starting eviction proceedings during that period, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced. “As a result of these measures, no renters in […]
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Bills could fall by 20% if system mirrored house price growth over past 30 years, says IFS
More than 10m households would benefit from lower council tax bills if the government reformed the “arbitrary and unfair” annual property charge to reflect the growing divide between London and the south-east and the rest of England.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said average bills across most of the Midlands and north would fall by more than 20%, with more modest falls across much of the south-west and parts of east England should ministers introduce a system more aligned with house price growth over the past 30 years.
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