“Uncertainty is a constant” - the closing sentence in Manish Kataria’s article this month which you can find on page 42. A very apt quotation which sums up how many people are feeling at present, not least those within the Boris Johnson household at 10 Downing Street, who have been allowed a three month notice to quit by the Conservative Party. I doubt there will be too much sympathy out there for their predicament as Boris contemplates his undoubted significant earning prospects ahead.

On the theme of unwanted evictions, you can find on page 36 a summary of the potential implications which may occur should all the items mentioned in the recently announced Renters Reform White Paper gain approval by Parliament. One of those, which has been widely anticipated by tenant action groups, is the removal of the Section 21 notice which allows landlords to regain possession of their property, without having to prove there are specific grounds to do so at a court.

I should at this stage advise those who only read property magazines for hopefully aspiring case-studies that you might be a tad disappointed with this edition insofar that a number of articles will probably need a ‘slow read’ to contemplate the text and the consequences for your property businesses. Apart from the aforementioned Renters Reform Bill, on page 22 David Kemp considers the ‘nitty gritty’ for planning and development in respect of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which again is now on its uncertain journey through Parliament.