Ex-Whitehall Chief Criticises Right-To-Buy Housing Policy

The former head of the civil service will denounce the government’s flagship plan to extend the “right to buy” to 1.3 million housing association tenants. Lord Kerslake, who was the most senior mandarin at the CLG until February will break cover in his maiden speech in the House of Lords on Tuesday, delivering a serious blow to a centrepiece of the prime minister’s legislative programme.

Kerslake, who was working on housing policy until weeks before the election, told the Observer: “I will raise my serious concerns about the policy in its current form. I think it’s wrong in principle and wrong in practice, and it won’t help tackle the urgent need to build more housing and more affordable housing in this country, particularly in London.” Read more on the Observer website.