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Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Berkeley boss urges 1% interest rate cut by March to kick-start stalled housebuilding

The boss of London’s biggest housebuilder today urged the Bank of England to slash interest rates by a full percentage point to 3% by March to get construction moving again.

Rob Perrins, who is executive chair of Berkeley Group, said radical action was needed from Government and regulators “at pace” to reboot London’s stalled housebuilding sector in a “very challenging macro-economic and regulatory environment.”

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