Teather Attacks Labour Over 13 Years Of Housing 'Betrayal'

Liberal Democrat Shadow Housing Minister Sarah Teather has delivered a speech to Spring Conference setting out the party’s plans to bring hundreds of thousands of empty homes back into use. Ms Teather accused Labour of 'betraying' the millions of families stuck in overcrowded accommodation or languishing on housing waiting lists. She said " Just after the election Tony Blair got in his ministerial car and travelled to one of the poorest estates in the country and pledged to stand up for the forgotten people. Labour forgot the forgotten people. They forgot the people who elected them. The record speaks for itself. 1.8 million families languishing on housing waiting lists. Three quarters of a million families in severe overcrowding. One in ten children in my constituency in temporary accommodation.” Read the rest of what Sarah Teather had to say on the 24dash website.