Abolish landlords?
07 October 2025

Abolish landlords?

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Is the Green Party Britain’s only viable left wing party? Amid other proposals, their conference voted to abolish landlords at the weekend.


Meanwhile Labour is tweaking the surveying process for house buying, and the Tories say they’ll cut benefits to subsidise first time buyers.


Oli Dugmore is joined by Luke O'Reilly and Megan Kenyon.


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