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SNP demolishes the Right to Buy

New tenants will no longer be able to purchase their homes because Right to Buy legislation “has had its day”, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

The changes are another nail in the coffin of the legislation introduced by Margaret Thatcher 30 years ago, during which time it is estimated that almost half a million council houses in Scotland were sold at discounted prices.