I cannot help but agree with the Conservatives on our local district council, and our local MP, who are upset by the Government’s proposal to extend the “right to buy” for Council tenants to cover Housing Association tenants as well.

In Chipping Bonhunt we risk losing even more of our already limited supply of affordable housing. What makes matters even worse is the way in which  the Government proposes to fund this: by forcing Councils to sell of their higher value homes when they become vacant. It’s a double whammy.

So I agree with our Conservative Councillors’ concerns, but would just like to point out to them that they campaigned for this at the General Election. It was one of the headline policies in their manifesto!