Betts: Government needs to lift HRA cap
Chair of the Communities and Local Government select committee tells 24housing government needs to get councils building again.
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The committee monitors the policy, administration and spending of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and its associated arms-length bodies, including the Homes and Communities Agency and Homes England. It is currently chaired Labour MP Clive Betts.
Chair
The Labour MP for Sheffield South East is chair of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee. His political career began with election to Sheffield City Council. He was elected to Parliament in 1992. A former Labour government whip, his political interests include economic policy, local and regional government and housing. In 2010 he was appointed chair of HCLG committee.
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“It is of paramount importance that everybody is able to feel and be safe in their homes.”
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