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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn and Kiran Stacey

Reform UK leader accuses Tories of ‘stealing’ social housing policy

A row of terraced houses in Leeds
Government figures show that 90% of lead tenants in social housing are British citizens. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

The leader of Reform UK has accused the Conservatives of trying to mimic his policies by planning a controversial “British homes for British workers” scheme, as the rightwing populist party edges higher in the polls.

Both parties will go into the next general election with the same promise to give British people priority access to social homes, it has emerged.

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