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James Parker Editor Housebuilder & Developer
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By contrast, Chancellor Philip Hammond has had a few problems clearly defining how the Tories didn’t break a manifesto pledge on not raising national insurance in his Budget. Unfortunately he also said precious little about housebuilding – somewhat bewildering given the recent White Paper and the acknowledgement of the housing crisis. But was this because that document is supposed to have fixed all the problems?
Perhaps he was advised to steer away from housebuilding, given that the hike in NI (of 10 per cent) is going to sting many SME builders, the White Paper having hinted that they would instead be getting a leg up.
Hammond also scarcely mentioned Brexit, despite later saying there was a need to protect the UK against its possible effects. He suggested this was part of the reason for bringing the self-employed closer to salaried workers, but gave the main reason as finding £2bn for social care, all very worthwhile and important, but constituting a broken promise.
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Yes the wealthier SMEs are the ones affected, but having little concrete help in the White Paper, many smaller builders will be feeling aggrieved. Funding has to come from somewhere, but is it impossible to intervene further to, for example, tackle tax evasion by larger corporations?
Possibly most enervating is that there was is no sign of a cut in stamp duty, that mysterious cousin of VAT in the ‘what is it actually for?’ stakes.
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