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Construction union Ucatt accused the government yesterday of siphoning off millions of pounds from its Right to Buy scheme to line its own coffers at the expense of the desperate.
A freedom of information (FoI) request by Inside Housing magazine had found that nearly a quarter — £358 million — of the cash raised from Right to Buy sales of council housing since 2012 had gone directly into government coffers.
The union described the findings as a vindication of its criticism of Con-Dem housing policy.
Building is the solution for much of our housing crisis – and will also help to address poverty, ill health, and even anti-social behaviour and alienation, writes KENNY MacASKILL
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON
