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Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of delivering a new home through a sweeping overhaul of planning, environmental and energy-efficiency rules. Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith (main picture, inset) unveiled the package at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham...
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Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing shake-up designed to make it cheaper to buy and build homes. Property Soup reports that Shadow Housing Secretary Katie Lam (main picture, inset) used the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham to...

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Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of...
affordability

Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing...
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Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...
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Later life lending summit to focus on changing advice needs

Mortgage advisers will be encouraged to consider how longer borrowing lives and increasingly complex...