The Deputy PM used the scheme to buy her council home with a 25 per cent discount in 2007, before making a five-figure profit when she later sold it.
Angela Rayner today defended her bid to tighten rules for the Right to Buy policy she once benefited from.
Under her proposed reforms to Right to Buy, Ms Rayner wants to increase the three-year minimum tenancy period before tenants are able to apply under the scheme. Angela Rayner today defended her bid to tighten rules for the Right to Buy policy she once benefited from In an article for the i newspaper today, the Deputy PM said she had 'never made a secret' of being one of the two million social tenants who benefited from Right to Buy.
'Over 150,000 children are in temporary accommodation. Nearly 1.3 million people on social housing waiting lists.
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