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Labour’s modest reheat of help to buy is worth a try | Nils Pratley

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Labour’s modest reheat of help to buy is worth a try | Nils Pratley
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Turning to George Osborne’s playbook may look awkward, but cutting deposits to 2.5% could jolt a housebuilding sector stuck in a funkWhat you need to know about Your First Home schemeThere may be three reasons why the Labour government has hesitated until now to reheat the Tories’ decade-long help-to-buy scheme. First, the inflationary risks of throwing subsidies at the housing market at a moment when wider inflation, driven by energy prices and the Iran war, is on the march.Second, the politica

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