Millions of working Britons will be able to buy the homes
they live in at a discounted price under a new "Thatcher-style"
right-to-buy scheme being pushed by senior Conservative Cabinet ministers. The plan, which could form a key Conservative manifesto
pledge, would allow housing association tenants to buy their homes. The money
raised from selling off properties would be used to build more homes. The Work
and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is understood to be promoting the
scheme, which is designed to echo Baroness Thatcher’s right-to buy scheme. Read
more on the Daily Telegraph website.
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