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Morning Briefing: Nationwide plans to pump millions into housebuilding

Nationwide plans to pump millions into housebuilding, and Scotland Yard calls on 9/11 experts to help with the Grenfell investigation

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Morning Briefing: Nationwide plans to pump millions into housebuilding

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The nation’s largest building society plans to invest millions in housebuilding to try and help ease the housing crisis.

Joe Garner, Nationwide’s new chief executive, said housing will the “focal point” for the building society and it is looking at “practical ways” to boost housing supply.

The Huffington Post reports that 9/11 experts are being drafted in to help Scotland Yard with its Grenfell Tower investigation.

Craig Mackey, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said the “extraordinary size” of the potential crime scene meant those who worked in the aftermath of the Twin Towers disaster in 2001 were being called upon.

Elsewhere, the new deputy chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea Council, Kim Taylor-Smith, said he did not know about Grenfell residents’ fire safety concerns prior to the tragedy despite sitting on the housing scrutiny committee for more than a year.

Mr Taylor-Smith also said he and the new leader Elizabeth Campbell will not be stepping down, despite calls for them to resign at this week’s cabinet meeting.

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The housing sector is buzzing with the news of the proposed merger between Notting Hill and Genesis.


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