Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps asked National Housing Federation Chief Executive David Orr to lead a taskforce which will explore how to increase social housing mobility.

Mr Shapps, who made the invitation during a speech at the Federation's central London headquarters, said the taskforce would be made up of leading figures from across the social housing sector.

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Mr Shapps used his speech to housing association chief executives and other senior figures in social housing to announce Conservative plans to improve mobility for social housing tenants.

Commenting on the taskforce, Mr Orr said: "I am delighted to accept this invitation to chair the taskforce. It will be a serious opportunity to meet the aspirations of tenants who want to move.

"I expect the taskforce to examine a number of ideas to make it easier for tenants to move throughout the country.

"The Federation has already put forward its own proposals on how access to social housing can be improved for tenants wishing to move, whether that be to take up employment or because they're overcrowded, or for any other reason."

(CD/GK)