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Local government doubles spending on property and land

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Local government last year doubled its spending on acquiring land and buildings, according to official figures. The Department for Communities and Government has released

The government has been warned by revenues experts that its planned mansion tax is “suboptimal” and “unnecessarily complicated” and may raise less than hoped because of behavioural changes among taxpayers, including high levels of avoidance.

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