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Cable: Bank preparing to 'deal with' house prices

Booming house put the UK at risk of “repeating the mistakes of Gordon Brown” and will force the Governor of the Bank of England to intervene, Vince Cable has said.

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Cable: Bank of England Governor preparing to 'deal with' house prices

Booming house put the UK at risk of “repeating the mistakes of Gordon Brown” and will force the Governor of the Bank of England to intervene, Vince Cable has said.

Business Secretary Vince Cable

The Business Secretary described increases in house prices in the South as a “worrying” development which threatens Britain’s economic gains, the Telegraph reported.

Mr Cable suggested the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is preparing to step in to “deal with” rapidly rising house prices.

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