Shapps: Cabinet Will Back Decision to Scrap Housing Regulator

The housing minister is adamant that the TSA will definitely be abolished, despite concern from the Treasury about the potential impact. Grant Shapps stated that plans to ‘delete’ the regulator in the 2010 Decentralisation and Localism Bill have full cabinet approval. He insisted that the review of regulation taking place would simply determine where economic regulation would move to. He insisted the review would not look at whether the quango should remain. Read the full story on Inside Housing.