{"id":9472,"date":"2016-03-30T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-do-the-tories-want-to-hide-who-owns-british-land-charles-arthur\/"},"modified":"2016-03-30T21:40:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T14:40:31","slug":"why-do-the-tories-want-to-hide-who-owns-british-land-charles-arthur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-do-the-tories-want-to-hide-who-owns-british-land-charles-arthur\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do the Tories want to hide who owns British land? | Charles Arthur"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSelling off the Land Registry could lead to an increase in house prices as a private monopoly hoards information on property salesLike an embarrassed child trying to hide a broken lamp behind a curtain, Sajid Javid last Thursday, hours before the Easter break, sneaked out the news that the government wants to privatise the Land Registry. Perhaps he hoped nobody would notice.In vain. The growing number of people who rely on open government data to run businesses and understand what is happening to the country weren\u2019t fooled at all. Selling the Land Registry is foolish dogma that risks creating a private monopoly over what should be publicly available data. It would mean squandering long-term income for short-term gain; putting vital information beyond reach of the Freedom of Information Act; and creating a future where we can\u2019t find out how our country is owned without stumping up fees of unknown size. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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