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The British Housing System Is Broken | Kwajo Tweneboa

Why is Britain’s housing sector in such a bad state? Is the fact 10% of MPs are landlords a conflict of interest when it comes to voting and policymaking? And why have successive governments not built enough social housing?


In this week’s episode, Zack Polanski speaks to housing campaigner, Kwajo Tweneboa.

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Email: zack@boldpolitics.co.uk

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