The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

As with another self-inflicted economic injury in the 1920s, Britain is struggling under a burden that could be reversed

The UK government has announced plans to make mortgages available to people on benefits, allowing more of them to buy their own homes. Housing association tenants will also be offered the chance to buy their properties at a discount. Immediately compared to a similar policy championed by Margaret Thatcher in…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to extend the Right to Buy scheme to housing association tenants.

Downing Street announces extention of Thatcher’s totemic housing policy

The policy launched by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s remains a core part of the Tory party’s identity

Boris Johnson wants to see housing association tenants in England being able to buy their homes - but the reform won't happen in Scotland.

In today’s newsletter: To win over a split party, the prime minister says he will expand right to buy – Thatcher’s hallmark if controversial housing policy – even though it’s almost certainly a bad idea

The PM has picked ministers who owe him everything and do his bidding. They have a duty to the country but are shirking it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Analysis: Political gains of a scheme for housing association tenants would be small, and it could create sense of injustice