The Bournemouth flat was the only property Raynor owned. The problem is that the rules around trusts mean that, for tax purposes, the property that was put into trust for her child is treated as if s… (View Post)

NB. To give an example of this - the last Parliament made a sensible change to the planning regulations that said that it would be permitted to add an extra floor to your property (with reasonable re… (View Post)

Dan Neidle links to the relevant section of the law btw: https://x.com/DanNeidle/status/1963192434684285068 “...A trust in favour of child can deem the parents as still owning the property.” All I kn… (View Post)

In a lot of cases, the regulations themselves aren’t the problem - it’s the interpretation of them via the legal system that has created the monster that now lies before us. We need to convince Parli… (View Post)

Yes, Miliband‘s approach to net zero is a perfect example of the kind of bone-headed stupidity that the UK is suffering from. Refusal to permit North Sea gas when we are clearly going to end up impor… (View Post)