Ruth Alexander
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4,250 appearances
120 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2011
last heard Aug 2018
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And then there's a question about whether services are more punctual now than under British Rail.
And performance stats comparing the last 20 years of nationalisation with the first 20 years of privatisation suggest actually average punctuality levels were about the same.
And safety record's really good too.
It said they would cut the deficit every year and balance the books as soon as possible in the next Parliament.
Well, first a potted history, Eddie, if I may.
In the 80s, social housing meant one thing, didn't it?
Council housing.
And then lots of the stock was sold off when Margaret Thatcher came up with the right to buy policy originally.
Now, about half of social housing is council owned.
The other half is housing association owned.
So a lot of people, about 1.3 million households, Cameron reckons,
could be in a very lucky situation.
Under this scheme, if they'd been in social housing for three years, they'd be able to buy the home they rent at a large discount.
That discount's about £100,000 in London, and up to £78,000 elsewhere, and that's how it already works for council tenants.
But let's think about who lives in housing association properties.
The reality is that to get on a housing association list these days you have to be homeless or on the verge of it or in a vulnerable housing situation.
Two-thirds of households get housing benefit, we know that much.
Only a quarter have anyone in full-time work.
Almost a third are retired and about 20% to a fifth are lone parents.
So it's hard to know how many people would actually be able to take advantage of a scheme like this, but it seems unlikely that it would be as many as it was in the 80s, even with the large discount on offer.
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