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Strong on rhetoric, weak on delivery?

Not only is the housing minister in denial about house-building, claims Nick Raynsford, there is also a suspiciously-large number of Band A properties in line for the New Homes Bonus.

By Nick Raynsford | 10 May 2012

Not only is the housing minister in denial about house-building, claims Nick Raynsford,there is also a suspiciously-large number of Band A properties in line for the New Homes Bonus.

Everyone, except, it seems, housing minister Grant Shapps, knows that housing in England is in crisis.

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Popular articles by Nick Raynsford

  1. Planning for battles ahead
  2. We need more time for council tax benefit changes
  3. Councils will pick up the tab for benefit cuts
  4. Housing strategy is full of cracks
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