Frank Field MP on right to buy

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The Labour MP has co-authored a paper for IPPR with Conservative MP David Davis, calling for incentives to be improved and inconsistencies to be ironed out so that the right to buy scheme can open up home ownership opportunities for many more tenants and release valuable capital for building more social housing.

Frank Field argues for changes to the right to buy scheme

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