The UK’s Labour government is considering giving mayors the power to block the sale of council-owned homes to the people renting them, a policy brought in by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s that has riled left-wing politicians ever since. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-26/burnham-mulls-giving-uk-mayors-power-to-block-right-to-buy-sales?taid=6a8ee80a0d0911000186e9c7&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter