Very decent of you CP. Is it a sort that lives there alone

Inheritance tax?

Charge stamp duty on every sale and purchase
and stop people using offshore companies to avoid stamp duty , e.g the Blairs.

Charge a punitive stamp duty on non British purchasers and have a proper checking mechanism . There are many countries where foreigners are not allowed to buy houses, we should at least be reciprocal.

These proposals would both generate tax income and help to cool down the rental market at all levels.

The problem is finding an equitable method that doesn't tax the same earnings multiple times as inheritance tax does.

The issue is its the foreigners who generally buy the high end places in big cities. Costing multi millions to build and most are bought off plan. I doubt many UK millionaires would be overly interested so stopping foreigners buying them would slaughter the market. I'm sure there is a great deal of tax made for hmg on these purchases. I said before that there can't be many foreigners buying 3 bed semis; I would guess that's brits buying to rent. Maybe if a cap on value to a foreigners buying of say 1m will keep family homes owned by brits but not many. The crack down needs to be on buy to rent as hmg have done but it still doesn't mean rental is any cheaper. Anyone could also set up as a business to buy more so really difficult to deal with tbh.

Not sure that the flats on Hyde Park Corner etc. are the concern of the average house buyer.

In terms of B2L, it's now a lot harder than it used to be. There's a 2% surcharge on Stamp Duty whilst other allowances have been cut (all under a Tory government). It's also more difficult to get a B2L mortgage when living abroad, and far more difficult to manage. I'd agree that this isn't an area where foreign investors have an interest.

The Battersea development is Chinese owned, the issue with that development is that you need someone with the capital to fund the scheme. It's possibly a much bigger risk than the investors bargained for as I hear a lot of the flats are being sold cut price.

The Wembley Park development is UK/Canadian owned Chinese investors aren't buying up everything. The entire site will be rented apparently.

A lot of commercial space seems to be owned by off-shore companies. Once you trace the money, I wouldn't be surprised to find that the shell companies are part of pension funds who've invested in safe markets to fund your retirement. Some caution is required.

Little reported by the media from his speech last week - "my Father was a toolmaker - very much like Boris's Father"
A crass comment made in the same week that Mrs Johnson was buried shows how pathetic One Knee really is!
That and the racist scum comments from his colleague really shows what Labour stands for now.
Disgraceful words from supposedly educated people.

You would think anyone could inflict a blow on this government.

Look at the state of the country.

Yet, once more Sir Keir is using his time to reshuffle his pack of bland mild conservatives.

His decision to whip his party in support of the catastrophic brexit deal a mockery of democratic accountability from an opposition.

Now he can't say a word against it, genuine socialists prefer not to work with him, some actually refusing and joining the back benches.

What of Corbyns promise to end the water privatisation, no he supports the country walking in sewage.

Draconian new laws he sees as mild increases in sentencing.

Not laid a glove on the worst PM we have ever had.

Grrrrr...