COMMUNITIES Secretary Eric Pickles today blasts Labour for “blocking” right to buy schemes — and vows to make it easier for families to own their council houses.
Writing in The Sun, he pledges to revive Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s crusade for tenants to own their properties.
He claims Labour town halls are failing to tell tenants they can get a discount of up to £75,000.
Many offer little or no information on websites and fail to provide guides.
When residents in Labour leader Ed Miliband’s Doncaster constituency click to access the council’s right to buy webpage they are told it “no longer exists.”
Nearby Wakefield Council — in shadow chancellor Ed Balls’ constituency — does not mention right to buy on its housing page or in its guide to services.
Mr Pickles says: “Labour are actively blocking, playing politics and keeping people in the dark about their rights.”
Wakefield Council said its houses had been transferred to a not-for-profit organisation which administers right to buy.
Doncaster said its website was being redesigned.
Shame on Labour, I grew up on a Council estate and I recall seeing the optimism and aspiration amongst a number of families as they did something many never thought they'd be able to do. Margaret Thatcher did more for so many in this respect than many will ever give her credit for, changing many lives forever and inspiring another generation to believe they could aspire, work and achieve more. Well done Eric for putting focus back on this important policy!
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