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George Osborne is still trashing the UK economy

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The Lifetime Isa was part of George Osborne’s highly successful programme to inflate the British housing market.

It joined Help to Buy ( 29bn in government-backed, interest-free loans) in juicing demand among first -time buyers even as house prices rose beyond a joke.

But for those who weren’t sufficiently well-off to make proper use of it, the Lisa was a failed bet.

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