Help to Buy should be scrapped, suggests Cable

Business Secretary Vince Cable MP has questioned whether the Government's Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme should "come into effect".

Related topics:  Mortgages
Amy Loddington
16th September 2013
Mortgages

His comments came after Chancellor George Osborne MP used the scheme as an example of how the UK economy has "turned a corner" in a speech last week.

Mr Cable, who has previously raised concerns about the scheme, told Sky News that the Government needed to think about how the scheme would work in current changing housing market conditions, stating "we don't want a new housing bubble".

Cable added:

"The kind of growth we want won't simply emerge of its own volition. In fact, I see a number of dangers. One is letting up just because we have had a few quarters of good economic data.

"Recovery will not be fully established until we see strong and sustained business investment."

Treasury sources have clarified that the policy will not be reconsidered, stating that Help to Buy is still "Government policy".

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