工党议员敦促财政大臣免除地方政府债务 以推动住房建设工党议员正敦促财政部免除地方政府欠下的数十亿英镑历史债务，以支持安迪·伯纳姆关于战后住房建设热潮的承诺。
Labour MPs urge chancellor to forgive councils' debt to boost house building Labour MPs are urging the Treasury to forgive billions of pounds of legacy debt owed by councils to support Andy Burnham's pledge for a post-war housebuilding boom.
因2012年达成的一项财政协议，拥有住房收入账户（HRA）的地方政府目前正在偿还约300亿英镑的中央政府债务。
Local authorities with Housing Revenue Accounts (HRA) are servicing around £30bn of debt to central government as a result of a financial settlement drawn up in 2012.
政治直播：自由流动不会在与欧盟领导人峰会前讨论 据天空新闻了解，30名工党议员已签署一封私人信函，请求财政大臣约翰·希利考虑债务减免计划，理由是偿还这笔款项限制了地方政府投资新住房存量的能力。
Politics live: Free movement won't be discussed before summit with EU leaders Sky News understands that 30 Labour MPs have signed a private letter asking Chancellor John Healey to consider a debt relief programme, arguing that paying back the money is limiting the ability of councils to invest in new housing stock.
一位签署者表示，这是一个“关键问题”，越来越多的议员正向部长们提出。
One of the signatories said it was a "critical issue" that an increasing number of MPs were raising with ministers.
该签署者告诉天空新闻：“地方政府的借贷能力已接近上限。新建住房的速度将极其缓慢，因为这是系统中的一个根本性阻碍。我们必须掌控局面。” 这封信由利物浦沃夫特里选区议员保拉·巴克撰写，她称该债务是住房收入账户中的“重大障碍”——住房收入账户是拥有1000套以上住房的地方政府的专用房东账户。
They told Sky News: "Councils are approaching their capacity to borrow. The rate of new building will be incredibly slow as it's a fundamental blockage in the system. We've got to get a grasp on it." The letter was written by Liverpool Wavertree MP Paula Barker, who said the debt was a "significant barrier" in HRAs - which are the ringfenced landlord accounts of councils that own over 1,000 homes.
签署议员表示，随着住房慈善机构“庇护所”发布研究报告，该问题在议会中获得了越来越多的认可。报告发现，取消该债务可释放建设额外28万套社会租金住房的能力。
MPs who signed said the issue was gaining growing recognition in parliament following research by housing charity Shelter, which found that cancelling the debt could unlock the capacity to build an additional 280,000 homes for social rent.
“庇护所”表示，地方政府每年共同向财政部支付约10亿英镑的债务利息，免除债务的成本将被建设更多住房和结束使用临时住所的收益所抵消，目前估计有130万户家庭在等待名单上。
Shelter said councils collectively spend around £1bn a year paying the Treasury interest on the debt, and the cost of wiping it off would be offset by the benefits of building more homes and ending the use of temporary accommodation, with an estimated 1.3 million households on waiting lists.
预计明天的预算案不会就此作出决定。不过，预计财政大臣将为社会住房和可负担住房追加 10 亿英镑资金，并使地方议会更容易以优惠利率借款。
A decision is not expected in tomorrow's budget. However, the chancellor is expected to provide an additional £1bn for social and affordable housing, as well as making it easier for councils to borrow with preferential interest rates.
接受天空新闻采访的议员们表示，这是一个积极的步骤——但从长远来看，消除住房税收账户债务仍属必要。
MPs who spoke to Sky News said this was a positive step - but that wiping out HRA was still necessary in the long run.
这笔追加资金是在先前承诺的 390 亿英镑基础上增加的，该笔资金计划在 10 年内建设约 30 万套社会住房和可负担住房。首批拨款于 8 月分配，主要流向社会住房提供方，而非地方议会。
The additional funding comes on top of a previously promised £39bn to build around 300,000 social and affordable homes over a 10-year period. The first grants were allocated in August and mostly went to social housing providers rather than councils.
然而，伯纳姆明确表示，他希望重点推进市政住房的交付。在他出任首相前不久，曾承诺启动二战以来最大规模的此类建设计划。
However, Mr Burnham has been clear he wants to focus on the delivery of council housing. Shortly before he became prime minister, he promised the biggest such building programme since the Second World War.
高需求地区的议员认为，解决住房税收账户债务问题至关重要，他们表示，拨款资金通常单独不足以覆盖建设成本，还需要额外投资。
MPs in areas with high need see action on HRA debt as crucial, saying grant money is typically not enough on its own to meet construction costs, with additional investment required.
特鲁罗和法尔茅斯选区工党议员杰恩·柯克汉姆表示，康沃尔郡的住房税收账户遗留债务约为 9200 万英镑，“因此没有能力借款建设或配套英格兰住房局的资金”。
Jayne Kirkham, the Labour MP for Truro and Falmouth, said Cornwall's HRA legacy debt was approximately £92m and "as such there is no capacity to borrow to build or match Homes England's funds".
同为工党议员的阿普萨娜·贝古姆，其选区包括塔村，当地有 3000 人在临时住房等待名单上。她表示，住房税收账户结算令像她所在的地方当局“手脚被绑”。
Fellow Labour MP Apsana Begum, whose constituency includes Tower Hamlets, where there are 3,000 people on temporary waiting lists, said the HRA settlement had left local authorities like hers "hamstrung".
她对天空新闻说：“仅偿还这笔债务的利息每年就要花费数百万英镑。如果政府想要大规模实现市政住房建设的雄心，显然必须优先重新审视这一结算。”
She told Sky News: "Even servicing the interest on this debt costs millions per year. If this government wants [to] realise its ambition of council housebuilding at scale, then it is clear that this settlement must be reviewed as a priority".
预算案前的经济形势 这笔债务源于前保守党政府达成的自筹资金改革，地方当局承担债务，作为交换保留所收到的所有租金，用于维护和建设住房。
Where the economy stands ahead of budget The debt is a result of self-financing reforms agreed by the previous Tory government, where local authorities took on the debt in exchange for keeping all of the rents they received to maintain and build homes.
初始金额为 290 亿英镑，基于对未来租金收入、投资和通胀的假设测算。
The initial amount was £29bn, based on assumptions about future rental income, investment and inflation.
但住房慈善机构Shelter表示，强制租金削减、更高的“购房权”折扣以及新的监管标准削弱了这一进展，使债务水平上升至318亿英镑。
But Shelter said that had been undermined by mandated rent reductions, higher Right to Buy discounts and new regulatory standards, raising the debt level to £31.8bn.
政府正在通过正在下议院审议的《社会住房法案》引入针对“购房权”的新限制。
The government is introducing new restrictions on Right to Buy in its Social Housing Bill progressing through the Commons.
玛格丽特·撒切尔时代的这项政策允许租户以折扣价购买市政住房，但因耗尽社会住房存量而受到指责，因为售出的住房只有一小部分得到了补充。
The Margaret Thatcher-era policy let tenants buy council homes at a discounted rate but has been blamed for depleting social housing stock, as only a fraction of those sold off have been replaced.