Labour's Tessa Jowell has announced plans to establish
mandatory licensing for the private rental sector to help deal with rogue
landlords if she is elected mayor of London next year. She says the government
is making it harder for London's local authorities to introduce borough-wide
licensing schemes. But the CLG tells us it has already "introduced a range
of powers for councils to tackle rogue landlords backed by £6.7m of government
funding". Read more on the BBC
website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
That...
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