Planning approvals for homes in England have fallen to a seven-year low according to fresh data which highlight the scale of the country's property crisis. Housebuilders accused ministers and "nimby backbenchers" of failing to tackle barriers to development, saying that red tape and hold-ups in the system were preventing millions of people from getting on the ladder. Stewart Baseley, executive …
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