Housing crisis: Caroline Flint gaffe lets slip Government's price fears

                   
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telegraph.co.uk     13-May-2008            

By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor Caroline Flint, the Housing Minister, made an embarrassing blunder this morning by accidentally displaying Cabinet briefing notes which reveal Government fears about the true state of the housing market. The speaking notes, from which she briefed the... [read full story]                    

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Housing crisis: Caroline Flint gaffe reveals Government's price fears

telegraph.co.uk     13-May-2008          

By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor House prices are expected to fall by up to 10 per cent this year, a Cabinet minister said on Tuesday, after an embarrassing blunder disclosed the Government's private fears about the housing market. Caroline Flint, the housing minister, told a private...                    

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Minister's housing market fears exposed

tiscali.co.uk     13-May-2008          

Minister's housing market fears exposed House prices are set to fall by at least 5% to 10% in real terms this year, housing minister Caroline Flint was briefed to tell the cabinet today, but she also admitted she did not know if the fall could end up being far worse. In a government beset by...                    

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Flint gaffe reveals ministers' fears of housing slump

independent.co.uk     14-May-2008          

By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent House prices are set to fall by 5 to 10 per cent "at best" this year – but ministers have no idea how badly the market could slump, according to confidential cabinet documents accidentally revealed by the Housing minister, Caroline Flint. Ms Flint...                    

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Minister reveals housing fears in briefing gaffe

guardian.co.uk     14-May-2008          

House prices are expected to fall by at least 5-10% in real terms this year, the housing minister, Caroline Flint, was briefed to tell the cabinet yesterday - but she also admitted she did not know if the fall could be far worse. With the government beset by near-daily accidents, Flint...                    

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Flint's housing fears exposed in gaffe

guardian.co.uk     14-May-2008          

House prices are expected to fall by at least 5-10% in real terms this year, the housing minister, Caroline Flint, was briefed to tell the cabinet yesterday - but she also admitted she did not know if the fall could be far worse. With the government beset by near-daily accidents, Flint...                    

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Minister reveals housing fears in briefing gaffe

tiscali.co.uk     14-May-2008          

Minister reveals housing fears in briefing gaffe House prices are expected to fall by at least 5-10% in real terms this year, the housing minister, Caroline Flint, was briefed to tell the cabinet yesterday - but she also admitted she did not know if the fall could be far worse. With the...                    

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Blundering minister exposes secret Government fears that house prices are set to fall by ' 5-10%...

dailymail.co.uk     14-May-2008          

The Government's private fears over the dire state of the British property market were laid bare today when a minister accidentally flashed documents to photographers as she visited Downing Street. Housing Minister Caroline Flint warned the Cabinet prices will 'at best' drop by five to 10 per...                    

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Caroline Flint UK Housing Market Briefing Notes in FULL

marketoracle.co.uk     14-May-2008          

Caroline Flint the UK housing ministers full cabinet meeting first page briefing notes on the state of the UK housing market follows in full. In summary the housing minister expects UK house prices to fall this year by between 5% and 10% which is precisely in line with the Market Oracle forecast...                    

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Housing Minister exposed on 10% fall in property prices

financemarkets.co.uk     14-May-2008          

Housing minister, Caroline Flint, has unwittingly publicised the Government’s fears for the UK housing market by allowing onlookers sight of a confidential cabinet document. The paper was being carried by Ms Flint in such a way that it could be photographed and the text revealed. The document...                    

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I don't pity Flint anymore

independent.co.uk     14-May-2008          

By Ben Chu I felt rather sorry for the Housing Minister Caroline Flint this morning. Has a political "gaffe" really been committed when someone with a long lens snaps a piece of paper you're carrying? But the pity drained away when I read Flint's justification of the Government's latest plans to...                    

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