Monday, 21 May 2012

RIP to HIPs

28/05/2010

It took communities secretary Eric Pickles and housing minister Grant Shapps less than a week in post to abolish home information packs. The move drew rapturous applause but will their next acts in office be so popular? Martin Hilditch reports on the dawn of a new era for housing.

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