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Ofgem wants operators and suppliers to set out how quickly they restore heating and hot water, fix meters and keep appointments, and what customers get when they fall short. Automatic compensation is not part of this first step.
Under the Welsh Government's proposals, community groups could register buildings and land they value and get a protected period to raise money if the owner sells. Views are sought until 4 January 2027.
New Valuation Office Agency guidance sets out when charging bays in someone else's car park need their own business rates entry, and the value given to each bay depending on where it sits.
Revised government guidance for building owners, landlords and tenants explains how several small units can add up to the threshold, who is responsible for the inspection and what happens without a report.
The rules give people whose land was compulsorily purchased the first chance to buy it back if it is no longer needed. A consultation open until 6 January 2027 proposes shorter time limits, fewer qualifying interests and quicker deadlines.
Tenants who want their application judged under today's rules must send the RTB1 form to their landlord before the Bill becomes law. After that, they will need 10 years as a tenant, and discounts will be a percentage of the home's value.
HM Land Registry has sent conveyancers its third set of avoidable requisitions data, covering April to September 2026. Avoidable points fell from around 839,000 in 2022 to 439,000 in 2025.
HM Land Registry updated its guide on Monday to confirm that the person signing form ID3 must be practising in an authorised profession, and that it may ask for proof.
Landlords and sole traders with income above £50,000 have their second quarterly update due that day, and the £30,000 group joins in April.
A government direction published after a consultation with 83 responses removes references to tenancy types that are being abolished, and asks landlords to consider the most secure tenancy suitable.
Value-based charges for remortgages and transfers of equity would be replaced by two fixed fees, and the public could map who owns most land in England and Wales, under proposals open until 22 December.
The City regulator mapped mortgage locations against Environment Agency flood data. Surface water risk clusters around London, while river and sea flooding is most common in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire.
From April 2027 developers and land promoters will have to report options and similar agreements over land in England and Wales, with a public dataset to follow a year later.
Rolling tenancies under the Renters' Rights Act have replaced the year-long student contract in most shared houses. Landlords say rents may rise to cover empty summers.
The housing minister has moved the legacy submission deadline from 31 December 2026 to 31 March 2027 for plans that finish their final consultation by the end of the year.
What leaseholders in England pay to a freeholder, the law on ground rent for new leases, and the rights that let you question service charge bills.
How the higher rates of stamp duty work in England and Northern Ireland, who gets caught by them and when buyers can claim money back.
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