Britain’s feudal property tributes known as “ground rent” are heading for the scrap heap. Keir Starmer’s Labour government is pledging to cap these payments at an annual £250 ($345) and then reduce them to a financially insignificant level after 40 years. Few should mourn the demise of an archaic and abusive system that’s imposed an unnecessary burden on millions of homeowners. How the phase-out happens matters, though. Taking the landlord class to task may play well politically — but it also ra
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Britain's Feudal Landlords Won't Go Quietly
