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The thatcherite Help-to-Buy scheme will explode into another housing crisis if "soaring" demand is not matched by building, surveyors told the government yesterday.
Home sales are at their highest in over five years, according to monthly research by the the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
But its members also reported the sharpest increase in house prices since June 2002 - sparking fears over a new housing bubble.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
