Government plans to introduce tax breaks for people investing in residential property could deepen the affordable housing crisis in West Cornwall, local MP Andrew George has warned.
The Chancellor is planning to bring in changes that will see investment in residential property count as part of a pension, thereby qualifying for substantial tax rebates from April next year.
People will be allowed to include buy-to-let investment property in their pension pot, under the Self-Invested Personal Pension scheme.
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