Rayner says she will ‘fix’ Right to Buy scheme and make it a ‘fair system’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Angela Rayner has said she intends to “fix” the Right to Buy scheme and make it a “fair system” for taxpayers and tenants. There’s no point in me having the biggest wave in a generation of council homes through one way, and then not being able to replace them as they go out the door the next Angela Rayner Ms Rayner said: “Housing is not just about a house, housing is about a home. “So there’s no point in me having the biggest wave in a generation of council homes through one way, and then not being able to replace them as they go out the door the next. “So I’m starting a conversation on that, to make sure that we fix that end of the scale as well, so that we can make sure we can keep our social housing into the future.” Touching on her own experience of growing up in a council house, Ms Rayner said: “I might have grown up in poverty but one thing we had and that was a secure council house.