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Government to axe Level 7 apprenticeship scheme for over 21s used by some councils to fund trainees
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Government to axe Valuation Office Agency
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Government to block social housing providers from Affordable Homes Programme funding if they are in breach of consumer standards
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Government to bring “feudal” leasehold to an end, reinvigorate use of commonhold
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Government to bring in single construction regulator, new legal duty of candour for public bodies after accepting Grenfell inquiry report recommendations in full
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Government to delay abolition of no-fault evictions until reforms to court system in place
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