Let's Build the Houses--Quick!
An Examination of New Labour's Legacy..


By Cathy Davis & Alan Wigfield
April 2012
Spokesman
Distributed by Coronet Books
ISBN: 9780851248080
62 pages
$17.50 Paper original

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Some 4.5 million people are waiting for good quality, permanent council and association homes. In response to equally devastating shortages in 1945, Attlee's newly elected Labour Government prioritised council house-building, built to a high standard. We draw inspiration from this experience, and argue that a future government needs to emulate this achievement, prioritise high standard housing and 'build the houses - quick!'

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