A Westminster inquiry has been launched into the
effectiveness of government policies aimed at delivering low cost housing. The
House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has appealed for written evidence,
including personal testimony, on measures to tackle the shortage of affordable
homes to buy and rent. Policy areas to be examined include measures for
increasing the supply of social housing and homes for affordable private rent. The
committee will also look at the issue of supply, proposed changes to the
planning system and the potential impact of a rent cap in the private sector.
Read more on the Parliament website.
Sir John Stanley obituary
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Long-serving Conservative MP and minister who was an ultra-loyalist during
the Thatcher years
John Stanley, who has died aged 83, was one of the longest-...
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