Archive for February 2017

The government has announced a series of wide-ranging measures to reform the housing market and provide more homes for people to buy or rent. The measures are designed to help local authorities, developers and small builders to increase the housing stock by reducing obstacles that delay or even prevent developments going ahead. It’s hoped they…

A disinherited son has failed to prove that his father didn’t understand what he was doing in the final weeks of his life and his will should therefore be declared invalid. The High Court heard that the father had originally made a will in 2008 that divided his estate between his son and his daughter.…

The government has announced plans to provide £7 billion to expand its affordable housing programme. Housing providers can now apply for a share of the fund, which was allocated an additional £1.4 billion in the Autumn Statement, to deliver 40,000 new affordable houses across the country. Alongside this extra funding, the government is expanding the…