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| Government to scrap right-to-buy | |
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| The right of council housing tenants in Scotland to buy new-build homes is to end, BBC Scotland understands. | The right of council housing tenants in Scotland to buy new-build homes is to end, BBC Scotland understands. |
| Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is also expected to tell MSPs that a new generation of council houses will tackle Scotland's housing crisis. | Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is also expected to tell MSPs that a new generation of council houses will tackle Scotland's housing crisis. |
| A number of local authorities have already been given permission to suspend right to buy amid shortages. | A number of local authorities have already been given permission to suspend right to buy amid shortages. |
| Ms Sturgeon will say that the government intends to see new house building rise by almost 50%. | Ms Sturgeon will say that the government intends to see new house building rise by almost 50%. |
| This would take the figure to 35,000 a year by 2015. | This would take the figure to 35,000 a year by 2015. |
| At the centre of the strategy will be the reversal of 30 years of "running down the role of local authorities", with new incentives to encourage the construction of a new generation of council houses. | At the centre of the strategy will be the reversal of 30 years of "running down the role of local authorities", with new incentives to encourage the construction of a new generation of council houses. |
| Leak inquiry | |
| In a statement to the Scottish Parliament later, Ms Sturgeon is expected to unveil a range of measures aimed at assisting first time buyers, including government grants, while laying down a challenge to housing associations to improve their operations. | |
| The right to buy new council and housing association homes will be removed. | The right to buy new council and housing association homes will be removed. |
| She will also say that the government intends to press ahead with the controversial single survey plan for house sales, which was backed by the previous Labour/Lib Dem administration despite its low take-up during a pilot scheme. | She will also say that the government intends to press ahead with the controversial single survey plan for house sales, which was backed by the previous Labour/Lib Dem administration despite its low take-up during a pilot scheme. |
| Meanwhile, Scotland's top civil servant, permanent secretary Sir John Elvidge, has been ordered to carry out a leak inquiry after the BBC reported in advance details of the statement. | |
| Ms Sturgeon has denied that ministers authorised a leak and is said to be "very angry and concerned" that key parts of the statement were made public before being delivered to parliament. |