It’s too early to expect definitive answers to key questions on housing policy,but the Conservative candidate’s approach so far helps clarify what those questions should be
Having matched Labour’s Sadiq Khan by placing housing at the top of his London mayoral campaign agenda, Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith has provided further clues approximately how his approach to the issue will differ from that of his main rival and also the extent to which he might be prepared to challenge the government over its forthcoming and deeply controversial Housing Bill.
Interviewed by the Sunday Politics in London, or Goldsmith confirmed that he favours “in principle the extension of the moral to buy to housing association (HA) tenants,but said he was “concerned approximately how it’s going to pan out in London.” Pointing out that the precise contents of the Bill, which is expected to be published in the next four weeks, and are not yet known,he said: I reserve the moral as a parliamentarian, as an MP, and to seek to amend the Bill to construct sure it works for London and that’s what I’ll carry out,as will all my [parliamentary] colleagues in the Conservative Party.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com