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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Will Meakin-Durrant

Tories vow to boost economy by cutting safeguards that protect Britain’s countryside

New-build housing costs could fall by roughly £50,000 under proposals for "the biggest deregulation project in a generation" to be announced by the shadow chancellor.

According to the Conservative Party, Andrew Griffith’s blueprint would also lower grocery bills by scrapping a "polluter pays" fee on packaging producers.

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