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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Vicky Shaw

Plans to turn ‘benefits into bricks’ need careful consideration, say experts

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Plans for a home buying shake-up will need careful consideration and serious investment, according to commentators.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to turn “benefits to bricks” – changing welfare rules so that the 1.5 million people who are in work but also on housing benefit will have the choice to use their benefit towards a mortgage, rather than automatically going directly to private landlords and housing associations.

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