Key workers to be given 30% discount in new housing scheme

Shadow housing secretary labels initiative for first-time buyers as ‘another empty promise’

Key workers, such as nurses, police and military personnel, will get priority under a new scheme offering homes for first-time buyers at a 30% discount, the housing secretary will say on Friday.

Robert Jenrick, the housing secretary, said the new “First Homes” scheme, first announced during the election campaign, would save eligible buyers an average of approximately £100,000 on a first property.

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