Lisa Nandy has said it would be “unacceptable” to deny “working-class people” the chance to buy their homes, including through the Right to Buy.

The shadow housing secretary, in an interview with The Times, elaborated on the reason Labour is not proposing to scrap the policy, which is controversial in some circles as it has led to the loss of homes from the social housing sector.

“I’m very strongly of the opinion that Labour telling working-class people that they can’t town their own home is unacceptable, said Nandy. She said there is a big divide in Britain today “between people who have assets and people who do not”,