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Uncosted chaos

It may already be too late for this election, writes Peter Stuart, but looking to the future you have to hope for costed and credible policies that will promote debate and restore public trust in political pledges.

Election fever is upon us and not a night goes by without one party stating something and then another party stating that it is wrong.

There's also this business about each party saying that another's policies are ‘uncosted'. Even if it is costed, it doesn't mean it is right. Take, for example, the recent policy proposal to extend Right to Buy to tenants of social housing provided by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs).

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