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New leasehold flats to be banned – what will it mean for home buyers?

The move promises to dismantle a system long criticised for its archaic practices

The Independent UK

Centuries-old leasehold system to be abolished in England and Wales

Exclusive: Housing minister says overhaul of feudal-era system would take place before end of this parliament

The Guardian - UK

Leasehold flats ban beginning of the end for ‘feudal’ system, minister says

Homeowners will not have to pay extra costs such as ground rent under the proposed reforms.

The Independent UK

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Leasehold flats ban to mark beginning of the end for ‘feudal’ system

The Government has proposed bringing the leasehold system to an end which would give homeowners more control over how buildings are run

Evening Standard

Half a million homebuyers face £11k cliff-edge in race to beat stamp duty changes

The average time to sell a property currently sits at five months

The Independent UK

Fact check: Ukraine aid, immigration figures and growth projections

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Government expresses support for FCA proposal to review mortgage rules

The Government said it wants the Financial Conduct Authority review to be as ambitious and rapid as possible to help people achieve homeownership.

Evening Standard

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Greenfield land likely to be included in proposals for new towns, says minister

Matthew Pennycook said some ‘standalone’ areas of undeveloped land could be included in the recommendations.

Evening Standard

UK should have ‘robust but constructive’ talks with Beijing, says David Lammy – as it happened

Foreign secretary says ‘we will discuss issues where the UK and China do not always see eye to eye’ as he meets Wang Yi, Beijing’s foreign affairs minister

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine ‘must be at the heart’ of any peace negotiations, says Healey

The Defence Secretary said that ‘Russia remains a threat well beyond Ukraine’.

Evening Standard

British military chiefs rage over fears of Trump sell out of Ukraine

John Healey says ‘no negotiation about Ukraine without Ukraine’ in robust warning to Donald Trump

The Independent UK

What was said in the Labour WhatsApp group? Diane Abbott calls for MPs to quit

Diane Abbott has called for everyone involved in the racist WhatsApp group to “step down from whatever position they have in Labour”

Evening Standard

Labour WhatsApp group: Everything we know about the MPs and messages at the heart of the scandal

More Labour MPs and councillors dragged into the WhatsApp scandal which has already seen the dramatic sacking of health minister Andrew Gwynne

The Independent UK

Second Labour MP apologises over WhatsApp group row as Tories demand wider investigation

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan, who has been revealed as a second member of the WhatsApp group, apologises for not speaking out against ‘completely unacceptable’ comments

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The Guardian - UK

More Labour figures may be suspended as party investigates WhatsApp group

Minister says Labour is looking into ‘whole incident’ as Andrew Gwynne sacked over allegedly offensive messages

The Independent UK

WhatsApp group investigated after Labour minister sacked over messages with party officials

Andrew Gwynne posted messages in a WhatsApp group called Trigger Me Timbers

The National (Scotland)

More Labour figures probed after minister sacked over 'nasty' WhatsApp messages

A WhatsApp group in which MP Andrew Gwynne posted “completely unacceptable” messages is being investigated, a minister has said.

Evening Standard

Second Labour MP apologises over comments in WhatsApp group after Andrew Gwynne sacked as health minister

Oliver Ryan said the messages were ‘completely unacceptable’ after Sir Keir Starmer sacked Andrew Gwynne as health minister

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Angela Rayner denies being ‘aggressive’ in meeting with Grenfell survivors

The Government has officially announced the west London block’s future.

The Guardian - UK

Ministry to digitalise property data to speed up homebuying process

Project aims to enable faster information exchange among involved parties to modernise ‘cumbersome’ process

The Independent UK

Plans to digitalise key property data to speed up home buying

It is part of Labour’s plans for housing which also including overhauling planning rules, building 1.5 million homes and reforming leaseholds.

Evening Standard

Government ‘not ripping up’ green protections, minister says, amid projects push

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the Chancellor was right to prioritise growth amid speculation about the future of Heathrow airport.

Evening Standard

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander opposed third runway at Heathrow which Rachel Reeves appears to now back

Exclusive: Heidi Alexander is the eighth Cabinet minister known to have objected to a bigger Heathrow, as has Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: ‘It’s not a customs union’: No 10 leaves door open to joining pan-Europe scheme – as it happened

Downing Street says EU’s suggestion of UK joining agreement would not cross its ‘red lines’ for closer ties

Evening Standard

Minister rules out UK joining pan-Europe trade agreement

EU official Maros Sefcovic had said the UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention is ‘something we could consider’.

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