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PricedOut.org.uk is the national campaign for affordable house prices and is actively lobbying the government to:

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Gordon Brown, 1997 Budget Speech.
 

Ratio of averge UK house prices to average earnings 1970-2007
Ratio of averge UK house prices to average earnings 1970-2007
Petition
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/landlordspaytax/

This petition is now closed.  In total 319 signatures agreed with the petition statement:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Remove all tax incentives and bonuses that property investors currently enjoy.

The phenomenal rise in popularity of Buy-to-Let investment and other types of residential investment is a significant contributor to house price inflation. There is now an obscene divide between people who own property as investment and those priced out of home owner-occupation and the security that brings them and their families. Tax breaks on property investment only add to this economic disparity and must be removed as a minimum step towards levelling the playing field.

Read the response to this petition, issued by the Prime Minister's office here.

A similar petition here runs until July 2008.
Home Truths
Author: PricedOut Created: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:45:23 GMT
Home Truths is the new comment and opinion section of the PricedOut Blog.
Home Truths: Are the Government housing fundamentalists?
By PricedOut on Tue, 13 May 2008 17:46:24 GMT
Today we obtained a rare unspun glimpse into government housing policy through leaked documents from the current Government Housing Minister fall gal... Caroline Flint MP. Read on to find out more...
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