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11 August 2006

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U-turn if you want to: mine's an S-bend
Last month the government pulled off a small but important u-turn when they announced (hours before a debate on the subject called by the opposition) that they would not be making all parts of the Home Information Packs compulsory
  • The home condition report is now not going to be a requirement of these packs, although it is still recommended
  • The minister's timing was impeccable, coming as it did just a week after Dr Reid's u-turn on the proposed mergers of police forces

  • Jessica Metheringham & Judy Kirby

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