Councils could be forced to flog libraries and parks to
plug a black hole in the Tories' social housing sell-off, Labour has warned. Shadow
Housing Minister John Healey sounded the alert as protesters staged a march
through Westminster against the Housing Bill. Campaigners fear the law will
destroy social housing by extending Right to Buy to housing associations,
ending lifetime council tenancies and classing £450,000 Starter Homes as
'affordable housing'. Now it could have another consequence as town halls
grapple with fresh cuts in the Budget. The government is already
selling £4.5billion of land to balance the books - and Mr Healey told the
Mirror councils could be forced to follow suit. Read more on the Daily Mirror
website.
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