“George Osborne’s housing plans are not going well.
Remarkable scenes have been unfolding in the House of Lords over the last two weeks. Piece after piece of the Tories’ “disgraceful” Housing Bill has been torn to shreds by peers who say it could destroy social housing as we know it. bFlagship David Cameron policies like Starter Homes, the Pay to Stay ‘tenant tax’ and council homes sell-off have all been butchered.
These days Labour is calling the law everything from “half-baked” to a “dog’s breakfast”.
It’s an eye-watering 206 pages long, and some of the major changes involve changing a single word.
That means it’s easy to lose sight of just how many climbdowns and defeats the Tory government has suffered in the unelected House.
So here’s a list of all of biggest ones so far after three days of House of Lords debate.
There could be more to come – as the law will return to the Lords for two more days on April 20 and April 25. …”
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