Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Election 2019: Reports Labour Will ‘Drop Right-To-Buy Plan’


A report published over the weekend suggests Labour has dropped its controversial plan to offer tenants the right to buy their privately rented homes. The Financial Times reported the party has decided to abandon the plan amid fears the policy was ‘not workable’. It attributes the claims to “party figures familiar with its UK election manifesto”. Writing about the process of drawing up Labour’s manifesto, the paper goes on to say: “Senior figures involved in the process said that the private right to buy, floated by Mr McDonnell two months ago, had been dropped. Read more on the RLA website.

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