Labour will "deliver more action on housing in six months than Conservatives have done in six years"
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A Labour government can deliver more progress on housing in its
first six months than in six years under the Tories, Labour says
today. The challenge comes ahead of a King’s Speech which is set to
drop or dilute key Tory housing pledges and fail to support
housebuilding. After ‘six years of paper promises’, the only
housing announcements set for Tuesday’s Kings Speech are watered
down leasehold pledges first made six years ago, and a u-turn on
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A Labour government can deliver more progress on housing in its first six months than in six years under the Tories, Labour says today. The challenge comes ahead of a King’s Speech which is set to drop or dilute key Tory housing pledges and fail to support housebuilding. After ‘six years of paper promises’, the only housing announcements set for Tuesday’s Kings Speech are watered down leasehold pledges first made six years ago, and a u-turn on promises made to private renters four years ago. In contrast, many of Labour’s planning reforms to get Britain building and boost homeownership can be implemented within months. Labour’s housing recovery plan will combine policy and regulation, including amendments to the National Planning Policy Framework and a Written Ministerial Statement, and will be delivered within months of any future Labour government. Planning changes announced under Sunak last year will see housebuilding plummet, with new home approvals already falling to a record low. After 13 years of Tory housing failure, many working families are stuck in expensive, poor quality rented accommodation and home ownership has slipped further and further away from young people. Half a million fewer young homeowners means most young adults now live with their parents. The Conservative Government first pledged to protect homeowners from ‘feudal’ leasehold practices on 21 December 2017. After six years and 115 further press releases or announcements on leasehold, they are still yet to deliver on the pledge. Reports suggest the package has now been watered down by Rishi Sunak’s No10. The Conservatives pledged to abolish Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions on 15 April 2019. After more than four years and multiple government announcements restating the promised ban, including pledges from the last three Prime Ministers, the Government is now set to U-turn on its pledge. Angela Rayner, Labour Deputy Leader and Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said: “Labour will deliver more action on housing in six months than this crumbling Conservative government has managed in six years. After years of paper promises on housing, this King’s Speech is set to completely overlook housebuilding and backtrack on pledges made years ago. “This is no time to wait. Labour’s plan would get Britain building again with a housing recovery plan, creating a generation of new towns and unlocking economic growth across Britain. We will not duck the difficult issues as the Tories have. We would abolish no-fault evictions and fix the broken leasehold system once and for all. “Rishi Sunak is too weak to take on the blockers of growth in his Party and deliver the change our country needs. He is failing to support housebuilding and putting the dream of a safe, secure and affordable home further away.” “Labour is the only Party serious about boosting the supply of new homes to buy and rent.” Ends Notes Tories backtrack on leasehold
Tories backtrack on private renting
Labour’s Housing Recovery Plan Upon entering office, the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Angela Rayner, will publish a Written Ministerial Statement and write to all Chief Planning Officers to instruct local planning authorities to approve planning applications in areas which do not have a local plan and fail other key policy tests, such as the Housing Delivery Test. Labour’s 5-point Housing Recovery Plan:
Tory housing failure
According to Census 2021, most people in their early 20s were living with their parents: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/articles/moreadultslivingwiththeirparents/2023-05-10#:~:text=decade%20to%202021.-,Most%20people%20in%20their%20early%2020s%20were%20living%20with%20their,where%20housing%20is%20less%20affordable |