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The Independent View: Landlord licensing will not stop the criminals

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is a membership organisation representing over 20,000 individuals and companies, letting privately rented residential property. The NLA provides advice to help landlords run their businesses for themselves and their tenants. Like anyone else, landlords like satisfied customers and repeat business.

The private-rented sector has grown from a low point of eight per cent of households in 1990 to over 17 per cent today, matching the social housing sector. This growth has accelerated in recent years, due to the combined effects of …

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  • Andrew Melmoth
    - Anders Larson There is no mystery about how the Duke of Westminster was able to largely avoid inheritance tax. He used on legal structures established by the...
  • ANDERS LARSON
    @Simon R there were probably many schemes used in combination, some domestic some international. But that doesn't answser the core problem, which is that even i...
  • John McHugo
    @Chris Caswill - you mention the "Middle England test". Middle England is outraged by what has been happening in Gaza - it is also outraged by 7 October, but do...
  • Steve Trevthan
    Thank you for an excellent article with verifying sources! Might it also be the case that our government, and other "Western" governments, are not speaking o...
  • William Wallace
    I'm nervous about using 'the politics of envy' as a jibe against redistributive taxation. Yes, it's what the Mail and the Express say repeatedly. But inequali...