Homes for votes scandal

Title

Homes for votes scandal

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Jan 1994

Year of production

1994

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:05:50

Description

Angela Rippon talks on her Drivetime show to Chairman of Westminster City Council housing committee, Alan Bradley about the initial auditor’s report into the homes for votes scandal. He denies the designated council housing sale scheme was unlawful and says their policy of selling continues today. Denies they were not providing for homeless people and evades a question on people with private flats in mainly council blocks now not being able to sell their properties.

Contributors

Angela Rippon; Alan Bradley

Keywords

London; Reports; Conservative Party; Council housing; Homeless people; Political corruption; Westminster City Council; Housing policy; Auditors; City councils; Property ownership

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.