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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Megan Howe

Warning new help to buy scheme will 'lock out millions in London and the south east'

Concerns have been raised that Labour’s revived ‘Help to Buy’ scheme could exclude thousands of Londoners getting onto the property ladder because of household income limits.

The new Your First Home scheme is aimed at helping first-time buyers who cannot rely on financial support from the “bank of mum and dad”.

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