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Nottingham approves 250 home buy-back plan

Nottingham City Council is set to buy back more than 250 former council houses.

The four-year scheme will include some newly-built homes, as well as houses and flats that have previously been bought by tenants through the Right To Buy scheme.

The plan will include using a legal clause that forces Right to Buy sellers to give first offer to the council if the property was sold off within the last 10 years.

The council says this will help achieve its target of 1,000 new council or social homes to rent by 2023.

Until recently, the FRC had little involvement in local government affairs. But with investigations into council officers becoming more frequent, where is the political accountability?

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