The failure to deliver on the promise to provide them with a right to buy is a missed opportunity.
Knocking down semi-detached and detached homes is the wrong way to increase the housing density – build on the post-industrial land instead.
A quick and modest change in the regulations would allow local authorities to build more on their own land.
We have our reservations about the Foreign Secretary, but concede that he alone, of those Ministers who spoke this week, made the Tory message sing.
The huge variation in costs does suggest that some councils, including mine, are likely to be paying over the odds.
The Secretary of State says Government has been focusing on affordable homes, and has helped build more council houses in last 5 years than Labour did in previous 13.
The Prime Minister has a long story of progressive toryism to tell. Moral authority must not be conceded to Labour.
The housing charity Shelter has warned that the idea could have unintended harmful consequences.
While London is experiencing the greatest demand for housing, the prospect of building in the capital is fraught with political risk.
This ‘silent killer’ leads to hundreds of hospitalisations every year, and they’re almost entirely preventable with modern technology.
Stamp Duty punishes those who could help free up the housing supply.
My continuation as a councillor would be likely to serve as a distraction as the council deals with major, pressing issues.