Labour has accused George Osborne of ‘deliberately
misleading people’ by claiming the coalition is funding an expanded social
housing programme. In October 2010 the chancellor announced that the government
would no longer fund the development of social rented homes and would instead
subsidise a new tenure called affordable rent which charges higher rents of up
to 80 per cent of market rates. However, in an interview Mr Osborne told BBC
Radio 5 Live the coalition was funding ‘the largest programme for building
social housing for a generation’. Shadow housing minister Emma Reynolds
attacked Mr Osborne’s comments for badging the £1.8 billion affordable rent
programme as being the same as social rent. Read more on Inside Housing.
Labour MPs call on Starmer to focus on radical ideas to lower cost of living
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Warnings from group of 104 MPs come amid fears party could lose next
election if voters do not feel better off
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