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Jules Birch is an award-winning columnist who writes exclusive articles for Inside Housing

Sunak’s short-term measures risk repeating old mistakes

Comment08.07.20by Jules Birch

Measures to cut stamp duty and incentivise retrofitting work may well boost the economy, but longer-term thinking is desperately needed to get us through this crisis, writes Jules Birch

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