Many of you will be relying on the income from renting property in the UK while enjoying life in France. If so, and you have a mortgage whose costs you are offsetting before paying UK tax, you need to be aware of this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/buy-to-let/11816720/Death-of-buy-to-let-landlords-wake-up-to-Osbornes-150pc-tax.html
On the same subject here is a short Press Release from a firm of accountants I used to work for. I can also recommend Nigel Landsman for excellent tax advice.
http://www.haysmacintyre.com/blog/update-for-residential-property-landlords