Caroline Flint has promised to stop landlords with tenants in sub-standard properties from receiving housing benefit. The shadow communities and local government secretary said the private rental sector would be "properly regulated" under Labour so that every family renting had "security and choice", but gave no firm details about how this would be done. She confirmed the party's commitment to "a decent home for all, at a price within their means, in a place they want to live". "To the many people who want to own their home, who want to build an asset, who want security, who want a little more control over their own life, we will support that dream," Flint told the Labour conference in Liverpool. Labour is proposing to levy a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund the building of 25,000 homes, and cut VAT on home improvements to 5%. Read more on the Guardian website.
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