Day: December 5, 2016

    The home has great opportunity to add value according to Rightmove While property prices seem to always be on the rise - this little fixer-upper in Glasgow is on the market with a surprisingly tiny price tag. This one bedroom flat in Blantyre is on sale for just £15,000. While it does require some refurbishment, the home is close to transport links and only 10 miles from Glasgow city centre. It does also comes with a kitchen coming off the lounge, bathroom and a communal garden, reports Glasgow Live . The property could be let out for around £350 And the website suggests it could be refurbished as rental property and let out for around £350 a month - with an estimated £73 monthly repayment. The property listing on Rightmove.com as a potential buy to let or starter flat wit...

    The Attorney General will on Monday warn Supreme Court judges that they must not defy the "will of the electorate" or "stray into areas of political judgement" during a landmark Brexit legal challenge. Jeremy Wright will say the judges must "resist" intervening in a matter of significant "political sensitivity" as they decide on whether Theresa May has the power to trigger Brexit negotiations without a vote by MPs. He will say that people who voted for Britain to leave the European Union did so on the "clear understanding" that the Government had the power to implement the vote without "further approval of Parliament in yet further primary legislation". The Liberal Democrats are already plotting to overturn the EU referendum result by voting against legislation to trigger ...

    The Government will take its battle to start the process of leaving the EU to the Supreme Court today, in what is seen as one of the most significant constitutional battles in decades. Senior figures involved in the critical case including Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC and businesswoman Gina Miller - who brought the case against the Government - arrived early at the central London court for the hearing. Mr Wright will argue that Theresa May can trigger Article 50 using so-called prerogative powers - meaning MPs do not have to vote on the matter in Parliament. The Government is appealing against an earlier decision by the High Court which ruled in favour of Ms Miller and others who want to see Parliament decide. Ms Miller told Sky News that the court battle "is about tw...

    An Oxford graduate is suing the university for £1m claiming the “appallingly bad” and “boring” teaching cost him a first-class degree and prevented him from having a successful career. Faiz Siddiqui, who studied modern history at Brasenose College, told the high court he believes he would have had a career as an international commercial lawyer if he had been awarded a first rather than the 2:1 he achieved 16 years ago. If he wins, the case could open the floodgates to similar claims from students complaining about inadequate teaching, unsuitable accommodation and poor decisions. Siddiqui, 38, who trained as a solicitor after university, says his life and career have been blighted by his failure to obtain a first when he graduated in June 2000. He said he underachieved in a...