Originally Posted by
greycoat
memory not what it used to be, but wasn't there a scheme back in the early 90s whereby if you contributed to a specific savings scheme (which could only be redeemed against house purchase) through your salary, you received a significant tax break - supposedly to compensate for you not being in the housing market as prices were rocketing.
Services Home Savings Scheme. Went belly up, if I remember correctly, didn't get the take up they expected, and then it all got too confusing with who was and wasn't taking part in the scheme. Shame really.