UK needs independent commission to boost home ownership - review

Britain should set up an independent housing commission and review flagship government programmes to help boost home ownership, according to a review led by the CEO of one of the country's biggest housebuilders. The Redfern review, led by the Chief Executive of Taylor Wimpey and commissioned by the opposition Labour Party's housing spokesman, said the rate of home ownership fell from a peak of 70.9 percent in England in the early 2000s to 63.6 percent in 2014/15. An independent body would look i