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Health and safety has always been a contentious issue in construction. Stories of on-site incidents and fatalities regularly feature in industry news. But in December 2014, the true severity of the construction industry’s health and safety failings were highlighted in a survey conducted by construction workers’ union Ucatt.

The government’s Help to Buy scheme launched in April 2013, offering homebuyers with a 5% deposit the opportunity to get an interest free loan of up to 20% of the value of a new-build home. But the scheme has divided opinion since it began.