Genealogy News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be no rises in inheritance tax until 2026, in the March Budget….

The 2021 census starts on March 21, and will be ‘digital-first’ for the first time

Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show that HM Courts & Tribunals Service received reports of confirmed Covid-19 cases…

New figures released by the Home Office have revealed a sharp increase in the number of empty properties across Southwark…

A law firm has launched a national campaign to warn people of the pitfalls of making a DIY will without…

The 2021 census will officially record gender identity and sexuality for the first time in its 220-year history. Two new…

Data released by a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by financial advisers NFU Mutual to HMRC has revealed that…

Birmingham City Council’s Empty Homes team has revealed the transformation of some of its previously-derelict properties, amid the city’s housing…

Housing campaign group Action on Empty Homes is urging the UK Government to establish a National Empty Homes Strategy to…

A new survey by Which? has found that the pandemic is putting major pressure on banks’ bereavement services, leading to…

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the ban will remain in place for all but the most serious cases…

The last will of Mary Philomena Maureen McEnroe (otherwise Maureen McEnroe) who left an estate with a net value of…

The UK Government has released new funding, aiming at helping the victims of rape and domestic abuse, and to support…

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a ‘marked increase’ in the number of claims being brought against estates and in…

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales, David Greene, has said Brexit has led to a ‘much…

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP) has warned that crumbling bricks, broken windows and overgrown gardens of empty homes across…

The Empty Homes Network (EHN) has announced the full list of confirmed speakers for its first virtual Annual Conference, to be held on Thursday 27th May, 2021.

A planning inspector has backed Trafford Council’s decision to refuse permission for a new development on the grounds it offered…

Bradford Council has approved a plan to turn a former manor house and convent into a social housing development to…

    A Perthshire pensioner has left her step family “devastated” after she cut them out of her will and…