One of the most senior civil servants in Government has
admitted that Theresa May’s new policies will not stop the country's housing
crisis from continuing “as it has done for decades”. Melanie Dawes said she was
“simply being honest” when she revealed that houses prices are set to stay out
of reach of those who cannot offered a property and that homelessness will
continue to rise. The embarrassing admission from the CLG’s Permanent Secretary comes just days after
ministers launched a new White Paper promising “radical” policies to ease the
crisis. Political opponents slated the document as “feeble” and claimed it did
little more than tweak existing policy, which have led to a situation in which
London house process are now ten times the average salary. Read more on the
Independent website.
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