US EditionGovernment promises community control as ‘new dawn’ Bill introduced
ENGLAND, JUL 10 – The bill grants mayors greater control over local planning and economic growth and bans upward-only rent reviews to support small businesses, the government said.
- The Government introduced the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill to enable communities to manage local assets and boost economic growth across the country.
- The Bill includes a community right to buy local assets and bans upward-only rent reviews to support small businesses and combat vacant high streets.
- Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner described the Bill as a 'new dawn of regional power' aimed at rebalancing divides and empowering local communities.
- Local government minister Jim McMahon noted that power concentration in Westminster has frustrated councils and hindered growth across the country.
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Commercial Lease Reform: The Unintended Consequences
The government’s surprise announcement yesterday to ban upward-only rent reviews (UORR) in commercial leases has sent ripples through the property sector. While positioned as a measure to help small businesses and revitalise high streets, this policy intervention may achieve the opposite of its intended goals. What’s Changing? As part of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, the government will prohibit upward-only rent review c…
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