Emma Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister, commenting on the Government’s announcement on Right to Buy, said:

“The Tory-led Government has failed to build the homes our country needs. Housebuilding is at its lowest peacetime level since the 1920s, contributing to the cost-of-living crisis families face.

"David Cameron has also broken his promise to replace every home sold through right to buy with another built. Only one home has been built for every seven homes sold.

"Expanding home ownership means building more homes. That is why Labour has committed to build 200,000 houses a year by 2020.”

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