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Thousands of empty new build properties are reportedly going to be bought by the government.
Flats and houses struggling to be sold in the economic slowdown will apparently be used for social housing.
The plan would see public cash spent on the homes which are then leased to local councils.
Vince Cable is Treasury spokesman for the Liberal Democrats....
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