11.   I was under the impression that people who rented council houses would have to pay the new council tax in addition to their rents.

12.   In short, the ration book would have become a national institution like the council house.

13.   It has obliged local authorities to sell off council houses and has reduced the importance given to municipal housing.

14.   The council have a very strict rule that homeless people are only allowed one offer of a council house.

15.   The rent rise is a blow to council house tenants.

16.   The sale of council houses has produced substantial capital receipts, and smaller amounts have come from the sale of other assets.

17.   The small time stuff took the money from the council houses.

18.   Their desire to keep rates down made them reluctant to build council houses.