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Jeremy Corbyn will shortly be giving his first speech at the Labour Party Conference in what is essentially a circus.
Sometimes these things just write themselves.
Sometimes these things just write themselves.
But...absolutely crammed. He still packs em out.
Oh the hours of my life I’ve spent waiting for Jeremy Corbyn to turn up when he’s running late for events...
A thread on "Right To Buy for private tenants" that @johnmcdonnellMP and @UKLabour are considering and which was discussed briefly by @michaeljswalker & @AaronBastani on a recent @novaramedia podcast - some concerns and an alternative suggestion for achieving same goal 1/n
@johnmcdonnellMP @UKLabour @michaeljswalker @AaronBastani @novaramedia I endorse the principle that we should help tenants who want to escape the private rented sector to do so, and that we should find ways of sharing out some of the eye-watering windfall gains and rent extraction that landlords have enjoyed throughout housing boom/crisis.
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But there are several problems with the Right To Buy for Private Tenants proposal:
1. Tenants would only be eligible for the discount if they have been renting in the same property for 3+ years (and presumably had been on an official tenancy agreement for this whole time).
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1. Tenants would only be eligible for the discount if they have been renting in the same property for 3+ years (and presumably had been on an official tenancy agreement for this whole time).
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