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A crucial safety net for Britain's homeowners is facing the scrap heap

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Jul 08, 2025
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The future of mortgage borrowing is not something to get you leaping out of bed in the morning, but in among the Treasury tensions there’s a crucial moment brewing in the housing market which could affect families on the lower rungs of the property ladder.

Rachel Reeves is desperate to get the housing market and the British econ…

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