Housing Secretary Discusses Controversial Funding

The taxpayer is about to hand over £70,000 to

refurbish radical cleric Abu Hamza's wife's home.

It's a £1.7 million home in London, that she is the

only person living in that home. How is that fair in any way?

Well, I'm not gonna get into individual cases,

but we've been-

But you're the Housing Secretary

... really clear about...

We've... I'm not gonna get into individual cases.

The rules apply consistently across the board, and we've strengthened,

uh, the rules around housing allocations.

We've made it really clear that we want to make sure

that we're building the

social homes that people desperately need.

We've had the Warm Homes Funding so that we can insulate homes-

Okay

... so people have lower energy bills.

We're taking action across the board to fix the housing

crisis that we inherited from the previous government.