Argus title : A national treasure we must not lose
The 1945 Labour Government came to power on a manifesto which pledged to give “every family in this island…a good standard of accommodation.”
It built a council house system which – second only to Britain’s National Health Service – was to become the envy of the world.
Over the decades, successive governments accepted the principle that people on low incomes had a right to secure, affordable council housing of good standard, maintained by public officials and overseen by elected members accountable to voters. Continue reading