The UK Government, having returned England to the pre-2012 (lower) discounts on the Right to Buy, is now consulting over further reforms including on minimum period before a tenant is eligible to purchase, whether new homes should be exempt permanently or for a finite period, among other possible changes.

This is in a context where the Government thinks there may only be 1700 sales in the coming year.

A recent Housing Today piece by Carl Brown summarised the consultation and the immediate responses by housing trade bodies. Looking from north of the border there is a curious inability to deal effectively with the remnants of a policy well past its sell-by date.