May removes yet another obstacle to council home building
This week has been the Conservative Party’s conference, and their chance to match Labour’s pledges to abolish Section 21 and seed-fund renters’ unions.
There is a lot of worry among the party faithful that they are not doing enough about housing – the defining political issue of a generation. But with consultation responses on security being scrutinised by officials back in Whitehall, and Help to Buy facing negative attention, their options were narrow.