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A game of risk

Housing minister John Healey says the government is looking at a different kind of housebuilding model (17 July, page 12), less development-based, and almost c…

First timers need savings help

Almost 80% of Britons believe the government should encourage first-time homebuyers to start saving regularly by establishing a national deposit savings scheme…

New housing projects

LONDON: Almost £1bn is to be spent kick-starting house-building projects that stalled during the recession the housing minister said yesterday. The government…

HCA praises house building industry's response to Kickstart Programme

HCA praises house building industry's response to Kickstart Programme The house building industrys appetite and capacity to develop has been demonstrated by th…

What's your business plan, Mr Cameron?

If the number of people queueing to get into Bloombergs Londons headquarters last Monday morning was anything to go by, the City is desperate to discover what …

No more Mr Nice Guy: cracking down on bogus self-employment

The taxman has been moaning about bogus self-employment for decades.