Bosses warn Chancellor John Healey not to hit London with £1bn 'office tax' rise

Healey’s £1bn London office raid would be ‘attack on growth’

John Healey’s potential £1bn raid on London offices would be an “attack on growth” and deal a huge blow to the City, property firms have warned.  The Chancellor is weighing up an increase to business rates for expensive office blocks and skyscrapers which would raise £1bn for the Treasury but disproportionately hit the capital’s business [...]

Bosses warn Chancellor John Healey not to hit London with £1bn 'office tax' rise

Canary Wharf and the Square Mile could be hammered by higher levies on skyscrapers and expensive office blocks