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Westminster buys sold-off council homes
Tory council spends £90m to claw back houses

by Lamiat Sabin

HOUSING campaigners highlighted the mockery of the right-to-buy scheme yesterday following revelations that a Tory council spent £90 million on clawing back former social homes after selling them off.

Westminster Council repurchased 295 properties at an average market price of £300,000 each, the Mirror reported, after they were heavily discounted and sold 30 years ago.

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