The British Property Federation has made a last ditch attempt to halt the introduction of empty rates legislation and warned Chancellor Alistair Darling it was the ‘most significant threat to the property industry in recent times’.

Deirdre Hipwell, Property Week – 27 March 2008

BPF’s chief executive Liz Peace, who also spoke on the Today Programme and Five Live’s Wake up to Money about the issue this morning dubbing the government’s plans as a £3bn tax raid, said the government was making a ‘disastrous move’ and should reconsider its plans – full article