Who owns the country? The secretive companies hoarding England's land

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The long read: Multi-million pound corporations with complex structures have purchased the very ground we walk on – and we are only just beginning to discover the damage it is doing to Britain

Despite owning 15,000 hectares of land, managing a property portfolio worth £2.3bn and having control over huge swaths of central Manchester and Liverpool, very few people have heard of a company named Peel Holdings. It owns the Manchester Ship Canal. It built the Trafford Centre shopping complex and, more recently, sold it in the largest single property acquisition in Britain’s history.

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'Three cords and the truth' 😉

The only thing that will finally put an ethical end to us living in a feudal society is a 100% inheritance tax. Maybe, one day, the 99.99% who stand to benefit from this will wake-up!

Nobody does.

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'Hoarding.'

In fairness Peel isn't secretive, because it's all on their website.

Who owns the companies, pension funds so it's actually us that owns the country.

This is an international problem. One of the few truly scarce commodities.

I’m only surprised that Persimmon Homes are not mentioned. They will not be happy until every greenfield site in Britain is in their landbank.

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