Council's do things different these days ...Tubby Isaacs wrote:Hadn't seen Labour's Lyons Report on housebuilding.
Seems to have got a decent reception. Obvious problem that council's cap on borrowing won't be lifted, per Ed Balls, whose point I can see. But it's a mistake.
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