Stephen Murphy
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Building solutions to the housing crisis in England & Wales. Abolish leasehold and implement commonhold
London, England
Joined March 2009
Commonhold is coming. This looks like a great intro
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UK is tracking to build fewer homes in this parliament (744,483) than the last (790,030) potentially missing their 1.5mn new homes by 2029 target by over 50%
This Labour Government is rhetorically the most pro-building ever. They've done some good things, but at current rates of building they won't just miss their 1.5 million home target. They won't even outbuild Michael Gove. https://t.co/IvWlX0vH3t
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At the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (HCLG) meeting at Parliament, Tue 11 Nov 2025: - Chair announces freeholders who brought the judicial review of LAFRA have appealed the decision (see 16:13:45) - Steve Reed, Sec of State HCLG confirms draft Leasehold and
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Essential reading if you think collective enfranchisement to give 5.3mn leaseholders in 🏴🏴ownership of their homes is important
If we do not remove the obstacle of freeholders' development rights in enfranchisement then commonhold is not going to happen for thousands, writes economist Alexander Hamilton @mtpennycook @justinMadders @NLC_2019 @EOCS_Official
https://t.co/7VEbpEkS1C
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Entirely unsurprising planted story, planted by people with something to lose from any move to common hold. But if you sow the wind you reap the whirlwind.
FT today airs every criticism of leaseholder self-management it can think of. Preposterously, it refers to 'benevolent freeholder dictators'. @justinmadders @mtpennycook @NLC_2019 @EOCS_Official @LiamSpender We did get in this however: https://t.co/bJkCPO1aF6
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Parliament will resume on Tuesday 11 November 2025. Come along or tune in from 3pm to watch us question the new Secretary of State for @mhclg on all issues related to housing, local government, elections and more. More information via this link 🔗 https://t.co/SiQwl9MCC5
committees.parliament.uk
14:30 - The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
We will question @SteveReedMP, Secretary of State @mhclg, on a range of subjects across his brief, including housing delivery and the 1.5 million new homes target 🗣️ Watch at 3pm on 11 November 🗓️ Find out more: https://t.co/fxaGhbCc9B
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This is a perfect example how the freehold-leasehold system in 🏴🏴attracts scumbags who prey on leaseholders because the law allows them to
Weird @MHCLG comment in this piece. A lawyer hoovers up freeholds to people’s homes for £375 a piece and now demands £25,000 to £50,000 to be bought out. Why no mention of the enfranchisement reforms in the 2024 Act? You’ve just won the judicial review!
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10 months after a fire at a hotel in Turkey killed 78 people, a court has just given life sentences to 11 of those held responsible: https://t.co/uv3ifHtOTb
bbc.co.uk
The deadliest fire in the country's history killed 78 people, including many children on holiday.
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Leasehold is the worst kind of parasitic exploitation. Hardworking homeowners ripped off by offshore financiers and aristocratic landowners. We need an economy that rewards those who work for a living—not the rich who exploit them. Labour must end this scandal fast.
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The old paradigm: go to a good school, get a degree and get a good job... is dead. The new paradigm: find your purpose, start a company, create and lead is our future Entrepreneurship is the only future career .
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"Britain created the modern world. "This country gave us so much of what not only we, but the world, values today." @matthewclifford reminds us that Britain has an exceptional history - so we can have an exceptional future. 🚀🇬🇧🚀
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Bigger than PPI
.@michaelgove, who spearheaded the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, gives government a thumbs-up on its High Court JR win against the freeholder lobby last week. Surprising @UKLabour isn’t making more of this victory. Lord Gove has done more media on it than any minister!
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If government ministers can’t even keep track of the regulations, maybe it’s a sign the UK has too many of them?
🚨 NEW: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted to breaking housing regulations after unlawfully renting out her family home for £3,200 a month without a licence after moving in to No 11 She has tonight referred herself to the Independent Ethics Adviser [@HarriLine]
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If @RachelReevesMP wants to ‘put more money into working people’s pockets’ abolishing leasehold and ground rents will directly do this
Labour watcher @patrickkmaguire reported last month that “insurgent government of delivery” and economic populism are returning. All eyes now on whether @Keir_Starmer, @SteveReedMP and @mtpennycook have the conviction and skill to prevail over Treasury brain on ground rents!
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If Big Freehold is willing to spank £5mn defending the feudal freehold-leasehold system and the revenue streams that flow to them from it imagine how much they’ve extracted from the millions of ‘regular working people’ leaseholders over the centuries they’ve benefitted? Vast scam
Big Money interests spent £5 million suing the government to thwart the will of the people and scupper an Act of Parliament under human rights law. They lost. Yet, apart from a Daily Mail piece, only @LBC is giving this huge public interest story proper coverage. Why?
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While LAFRA isn’t perfect it’s become a robust stepping stone toward ending leasehold for good and the recent judicial review judgement invalidating the claims of Big Freehold they were being hard done by proves
.@michaelgove, who spearheaded the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, gives government a thumbs-up on its High Court JR win against the freeholder lobby last week. Surprising @UKLabour isn’t making more of this victory. Lord Gove has done more media on it than any minister!
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Ending the freehold-leasehold system in 🏴🏴 would ‘put more money in working people’s pockets’: ‘Over decades, total savings could reach tens of thousands per household’ Next step is the promised Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill due by 18 Dec 2025 @darrenpjones
@anonhandle2022 @FreeLeasehlders Converting to commonhold eliminates ground rent, which UK leaseholders pay an average of £300 annually according to government surveys. This provides immediate yearly savings, plus avoidance of lease extension premiums that often exceed £5,000. Over decades, total savings could
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No brainer. The easiest way to ‘put more money in working people’s pockets’ is to end leasehold, its scammy ground rents and put ownership and management in the hands of the 5.3mn people who live them through commonhold
A pro-growth govt would use this High Court win to cut housing costs and put cash back in people’s pockets by fast-tracking reforms to phase out extractive freeholders and end leasehold. Mass shift to commonhold. Smash the blockers. Revive flats market. https://t.co/IkdAHB6c6A
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Brilliant summary of the implications of Blg Freehold losing their challenge against the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act that is the start of the end of their gravy train
Freeholders spent £5m mounting judicial review against leasehold reforms and failed. @LiamSpender asks: so, what's next? @mtpennycook @justinmadders @NLC_2019 @EOCS_Official
https://t.co/xP3RSpPJ3Z
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