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By: Will Prescott

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  • Labour has given in to the blockers on planning reform

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    Labour has watered down its Planning and Infrastructure Bill, putting new housebuilding – and Britain’s growth prospects – at risk, writes Will Prescott The Starmer Government often boasts that it is on the side of the “builders not the blockers”. Unfortunately, the recent watering down of its key Planning and Infrastructure Bill risks calling that [...]

    A decrease in repair and maintenance drove the decline in construction
  • Britain’s anachronistic system for leaseholds is still firmly intact

    will prescott

    From refusing to cap ground rents, and limited reforms to leaseholds, our anachronistic housing system still won't change under new proposals, writes Will Prescott

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