'Your First Home' Policy Has To Be A 'Stepping Stone For Young People' | Christine Jardine
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“Too many of our towns and villages have properties lying empty and nobody's using them. I can think in lots of small towns in Aberdeenshire, for example, where the main streets are, you know, every 3rd or 4th house is lying empty.” Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine says she supports the idea behind the governments new housing policy scheme but says the government “must invest in building the right type of houses” for young couples. Christine Jardine and Paul Scully were speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Friday-Sunday, 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com
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