Day: November 16, 2025

Taylor Wimpey chief Jennie Daly calls for revival of help-to-buy equity loan scheme to revive property market

The boss of one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders has urged the government to announce more support for first-time buyers to revive a property market that has cooled in the “very long shadow” of the looming budget.

Jennie Daly, the chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, also warned against an “accumulation of regulation”, arguing that a “perverse outcome” of green measures could be that it becomes unviable to build new homes in poorer areas of the country.

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Change to crime and policing bill backed by fathers’ rights groups seeking support in cross-border abduction cases

Mothers fleeing domestic violence who keep their children overseas without permission would be criminalised for the first time under a new law.

The change is introduced in a proposed amendment to the crime and policing bill, backed by fathers’ rights groups and the Reunite International charity. The amendment has not been debated in parliament, and is now before the House of Lords.

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