Politicians just love pulling rabbits out of the hat, especially if it’s passing legislation which is popular with the public but costs the government nothing in financial terms.
Nevertheless, someone still has to pay and in terms of the freeze on residential rents announced by Nicola Sturgeon at Holyrood last week the fall guys on this occasion are Scotland’s private landlords.
But make no mistake. This decision has implications which go beyond the property sector and should have the wider business community rather worried.
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