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THE number of new government-funded homes available for social rent has fallen by 89 per cent since the Tories moved into No 10.
The number fell from 39,492 in 2009/10 across England to just 4,235 in 2017/18, government housing data published yesterday shows.
And two-thirds of those (2,826) are in London under Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The new PM may offer more of the same, but early signs on his housing policies look promising, says GLYNN ROBBINS
‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES