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DCLG and Home Office property share 'will save £24m'The Department for Communities and Local Government is to leave its Eland House headquarters to share office space with the Home Office, in a move expected to save £24m a year. 05 April 2013
Holyrood committee backs Scotland's 'fairer' version of stamp dutyHolyrood's finance committee has approved in principle Scottish Government plans to replace stamp duty with a more progressive form of property transaction tax. 27 March 2013
Fears 'Help to Buy' may cause bubbleHousing professionals have warned that government-backed homebuyer loans could stoke a house price bubble 26 March 2013
Government property sales reach £1bnSales of government property and land have raised more than £1bn since the coalition came to power in May 2010, according to figures released by the Cabinet Office today. 13 March 2013

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Weak foundationsInvestment in infrastructure is the chancellor's way of providing a necessary stimulus to the flatlining economy. But how does he intend to find the funds without dipping into the public purse or using the unpopular PFI? Mark Hellowell reports 01 February 2012
Community right or wrong?On the surface, the government's planned Community Right to Buy seems to be an admirable example of localism. But it runs the real risk of turning into nothing more than extra red tape for councils, says David Bentley 01 August 2011
Squeezing the assetsFaced with the need to save money, public bodies are rushing to sell off their buildings. But there is another way looking at public sector assets as a whole and working out how to make better use of them 01 May 2011

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