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Jason Perry

@JasonForCroydon

Jason Perry is Conservative Mayor of Croydon

Whitehall is forcing councils to fund today’s housing crisis with 2011 money

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Whitehall is forcing councils to fund today’s housing crisis with 2011 money

Imagine if every government department had to pay today’s prices for the goods and services it needs, only for the Treasury to reimburse it according to what they cost in January 2011.