Labour bids for Tory mantle as 'party of home ownership'

Labour bids for Tory mantle as 'party of home ownership'
Labour bids for Tory mantle as 'party of home ownership'
Labour vows to slash affordable rents and give first-time buyers priority on buying new-build homes as it bids for Tory mantle as 'party of home ownership' Labour bidding to take on Tories over home ownership at conference kicks off Lucy Powell will pledge to make housing more affordable and improve access First-time buyers could get 'first dibs' on new-build properties for six months 

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As the Labour conference kicks off tomorrow, shadow housing minister Lucy Powell is making an eye-catching bid to steal the Tory mantle as the 'the party of home ownership'

As the Labour conference kicks off tomorrow, shadow housing minister Lucy Powell is making an eye-catching bid to steal the Tory mantle as the 'the party of home ownership'

Labour is vowing to slash affordable rents and give first-time buyers priority on buying new-build homes for six months as Keir Starmer tries to get his leadership back on track.

As the Labour conference kicks off tomorrow, shadow housing minister Lucy Powell is making an eye-catching bid to steal the Tory mantle as the 'the party of home ownership'.

She will promise that a government led by Sir Keir would restrict the proportion of properties in a development that can be sold to overseas buyers to 50 per cent.

Councils could also get powers to force landowners to sell vacant

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