Labour and the Conservatives have set out rival plans to
tackle England's housing shortage. Jeremy Corbyn promised the biggest
affordable house building programme since the 1960s, including 100,000 new
council houses a year by 2024. Boris Johnson announced measures to help
first-time buyers and boost private house building, promising a million homes
over the next five years. The announcements came ahead of Labour's manifesto
launch. Read more on the BBC website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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