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Wales TUC backs massive housebuilding drive

THE ghost of Thatcher still haunts social housing, Wales TUC delegates warned yesterday.

Calling for stricter regulation of private landlords, GMB regional secretary John Phillips said the arch-Tory’s sell-off of a million council houses in a bid to reduce the public sector still hurt today.

He pointed out that the amount paid to private landlords in housing benefits had risen by 51 per cent from 2008 to 2015.

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