Chancellor urged to cancel tax break that uses scheme to register land as heritage asset and worth at least £68mThree hundred and fifty-five wealthy landowners in England including aristocrats are benefiting from an...
Read MoreCampaigners say sudden sale suggests Abrdn’s use of Scottish countryside was ‘get-rich-quick scheme’A Scottish estate that became a lightning rod for disputes over wealthy “green lairds” buying up...
Read MoreBill proposes dividing large estates into smaller lots to spread land ownership and boost rural populationsScottish lairds will be ordered to break up their estates into smaller parcels during sales under plans to reverse the...
Read MoreLand reformists dispute assumptions behind plan to address climate crisis by increasing private fundingHighlands stone bridge becomes symbol of Scottish land reform battleLand reform campaigners have challenged claims that...
Read MoreThe government wrote to the then Prince of Wales in 2019, seeking approval for legislation that had implications for his estatesThe government asked King Charles for permission to pass its post-Brexit “world-leading”...
Read MoreGeorge Eustice reassures public as he announces 50 landowners have applied to rewilding programmeFifty landowners have applied to a government scheme to rewild their land, the environment secretary has said, as he reassured...
Read MoreGovernment proposals would also add protections for local communities and impose new controls on land salesScotland’s largest landowners will be forced to pay fines if they fail to protect nature, local communities and the...
Read MoreSome defences are at risk of failure but private owners cannot be forced to make upgradesFixing flood defences: ‘All we can do is ask’A third of England’s most important flood defences are in private hands, an...
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