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Daily Record
Daily Record
Politics
Chris McCall

SNP rejects Right to Buy scheme in Scotland as Boris Johnson plans extension in England

The Scottish Government has flatly rejected any prospect of reviving the controversial Right to Buy policy which allowed council tenants to purchase their homes.

Housing secretary Shona Robison told the Record that almost half a million properties had been lost to the social rented sector in Scotland as a result of the "unsustainable" scheme.

It comes as Boris Johnson today announced an extension of Right to Buy in England which will see tenants being handed the power to buy properties from housing associations.

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