{
  "id": 5506603,
  "title": "Cowboy builder complaints nearly double ahead of planned Government clampdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/cowboy-builder-complaints-nearly-double-ahead-of-planned-government",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-04T06:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-16092627/Cowboy-builder-complaints-nearly-double-ahead-planned-Government-clampdown.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The number of potential cowboy builder scams affecting households in England and Wales has nearly doubled since 2022, data suggests.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}