Despite handing his company back to the bank last year Grant Bovey and his wife Anthea Turner have just spent £5million on two homes in Surrey. So you could forgive the taxpayers for feeling a little miffed that they are having to pick up a £20million bill for the collapse of his property empire. The...

The Times have reported that landlords could be made liable for unpaid water bills for tenants who have departed under a government review of water charges. The proposal comes amid plunging profits and rising bad debts at quoted water companies. Northumbrian Water reported a 10.3 per cent fall in pre-tax...