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Labour needs clear policies, with a serious commitment to council housing at their core
The party needs to be explicit: council housing means council housing, says GLYN ROBBINS

IT’S hard to overstate the importance of the coming general election.  

As well as the survival of our welfare state, the future of housing policy is in the balance.  

What’s left of council housing is at risk, along with any other alternatives to the failing market system.

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