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Dawes: Right to buy will transfer assets from councils to Whitehall

The Department for Communities and Local Government’s permanent secretary has admitted forcing councils to sell high-value properties is a ‘transfer’ from town halls to Whitehall.

By Sam Clayden | 10 March 2016

The Department for Communities and Local Government's permanent secretary has admitted forcing councils to sell high-value properties is a ‘transfer' from town halls to Whitehall.

The Public Accounts Committee quizzed Melanie Dawes on the extension of right to buy to housing associations yesterday.

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