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• Matthew Pennycook afirma que o fim do sistema deve ser feito lentamente para evitar impactos na oferta de moradias e armadilhas jurídicas. • Uma proibição de novas propriedades sob o regime de leasehold na Inglaterra e no País de Gales dificilmente entrará em vigor antes da próxima eleição, afirmou o ministro da habitação, ao defender as tentativas graduais do governo de desmantelar o sistema. • O fim prometido levaria anos para ser implementado, disse Matthew Pennycook, embora a proibição de leaseholds em novas casas tenha sido aprovada em 2024 e o governo pretenda aprovar uma para novos apartamentos em breve.

Simon Roberts says Easter shop will be unaffected by Middle East conflict, but industry warns prices may rise this yearShoppers will not see food prices rise until at least the summer and Easter will be unaffected by conflict in the Middle East, the boss of Sainsbury’s has said, despite fears of an inflation spike.Simon Roberts said it was “too early” to say whether and when food price inflation related to higher commodity costs would hit supermarket shelves and that the UK’s second-largest supermarket had long-term agreements with suppliers to help protect shoppers. Continue reading...

Writer looked to topics such as computer engineering and life in a nursing home to produce richly researched booksTracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died. He was 80.Kidder’s longtime publisher Random House confirmed his death in a statement on Wednesday: “Tracy’s gifts for storytelling and tireless reporting are an enduring reflection of the empathy, integrity, and endless curiosity he brought to everything he did.” Continue reading...