The New Statesman
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Business & Economics
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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