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UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

London council buys back Right to Buy home for almost four times original cost

Councils sold thousands of homes under Right to Buy, later repurchasing fewer at much higher prices, resulting in large net losses of council housing.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Lambeth council used a council-owned arm's-length company to issue 63 section 21 no-fault eviction proceedings despite Labour's pledge to abolish such evictions.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Thatcher's right to buy policy is celebrated but here's the cost: losses to us all of 194bn and a fractured society | David Madden

The right to buy policy has greatly diminished public housing in the UK, resulting in a significant loss of equity for local councils.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Right to buy in England fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers 200bn'

Thatcher's right-to-buy scheme has cost UK taxpayers almost 200bn and contributed significantly to the housing crisis by reducing the stock of affordable housing.
UK politics
fromwww.newsshopper.co.uk
3 months ago

High Court judge rules in favour of Lambeth plan to reclaim 160 homes for housing

The council intends to use these homes to house homeless families in urgent need, saving money on their £100 million annual temporary accommodation bill.
London politics
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