Right-to-buy tenant discounts trebled

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A decade ago more than 80,000 council tenants bought their property. In the last year, not much more than 3,400 took the plunge. But the government is hoping many more will in future under a refreshed "right to buy" plan - with discounts increased to £50,000 in some cases. Housing minister Grant Shapps claims that for every one social housing property sold, another one will be built.

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