Thursday 2 October 2014

Tory Minister Appears To Slam Cameron's New Housing Scheme

A Tory minister appears to have slammed Prime Minister David Cameron's new starter home plan. Climate change minister Amber Rudd ‘favourited’ a tweet at the weekend that was highly critical of the PM's proposal to exempt the homes in his new scheme from zero carbon regulations.  John Alker tweeted: "Appalling that Tories planning to exempt first time buyer homes from zero carbon regs. Price of building to ZC regs has plummeted." Rudd favourited the tweet but a government source has since claimed that the MP may have clicked the favourite button accidentally or "perhaps there was a technical glitch". However, though Twitter users have the option to retract their 'favourites', Rudd hasn't 'unfavourited' the message. Read more on 24dash.

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