No retreat on empty rates relief

The government’s plans to remove empty rate relief on empty buildings next April are to go ahead with very little change despite an intense lobbying effort by the property industry.

Deirdre Hipwell, Property Week - 17 December 2007

Local government minister John Healey said today it is drafting the secondary legislation so that all aspects of the rate reform, introduced in this year’s Budget, can come into effect next April - full article