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LGA: Treasury cash-in on council homes must stop

Plans by the Treasury to cash-in on right-to-buy sales could jeopardise the construction of new council housing.

By James Evison | 18 July 2011

Plans by the Treasury to cash-in on right-to-buy sales could jeopardise the construction of new social housing, council chiefs have warned.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for changes to the Localism Bill - currently at committee stage in the House of Lords - to prevent 75% of revenue from council house sales being handed over to Whitehall.

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