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BBC Verify examines Tory plan to cut new house costs by £50,000

Original: Would the Conservatives' plan make new houses £50,000 cheaper? BBC Verify looks into the shadow chancellor's plan to cut

BBC Verify is fact-checking the Conservative Party's claim that its housing policy would make new homes £50,000 cheaper. The shadow chancellor's plan would cut certain building regulations to reduce construction costs, and the BBC is assessing whether deregulation would really deliver savings of that size for buyers, amid ongoing debate over the UK's housing shortage and affordability crisis.

Why now: The Conservatives are promoting a headline housing pledge, prompting scrutiny of whether the £50,000 savings claim holds up.

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• Would the Conservatives' plan make new houses £50,000 cheaper? BBC Verify looks into the shadow chancellor's plan to cut some building regulations to reduce construction costs. https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c32l4n 8yprglo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss (c) # BBC # News · bbcnewsfeed@mastodonapp.uk

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