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English Devolution Bill gets royal assent introducing 'ill-conceived' upward only rent review ban

Real estate industry deserved more opportunity to debate potentially profound change to commercial contracts
Dominic Curran. (BPF)
Dominic Curran. (BPF)
By Dominic Curran
British Property Federation
April 29, 2026 | 3:00 P.M.

Death and taxes – the only two certainties in life, according to Benjamin Franklin. In the minds of some politicians you can add rent increases to that short list, which is probably why the government sprang last summer’s surprise announcement of a ban on upward-only rent reviews for all commercial leases.

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