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New homes could drive Labour’s economy

REVITALISING house-building in Britain could rejuvenate a Labour-led economy for the many, not the few, trade unionists declared this weekend.

The Conference of the Trades Unions Councils in Manchester, marking the 150th anniversary year of the TUC, called for a major house-building programme to meet the needs of the working class in Britain.

Tony Carter of the Cambridge County Association raised the problems facing people across Britain and condemned the lack of social housing, which has caused massive waiting lists while the private housing sector has doubled since 1999.

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