Yeah, talk is cheap, we've yet to hear anything from Starmer that will truly shift the dynamics on housing supply, and some of his, so far ill-defined, tax and affordable homes proposals could make things worse. Plus 1.5 million over five years is not massively ambitious, we average 200-250,000 a year at present. But I look forward to him battling my local Labour MP, who has yet to meet a housing proposal he won't viciously oppose...
Yeah, talk is cheap, we've yet to hear anything from Starmer that will truly shift the dynamics on housing supply, and some of his, so far ill-defined, tax and affordable homes proposals could make things worse. Plus 1.5 million over five years is not massively ambitious, we average 200-250,000 a year at present. But I look forward to him battling my local Labour MP, who has yet to meet a housing proposal he won't viciously oppose...
He's come a very long way. The direction of travel has been positive to date, so it's on all of us to hold his feet to the fire and keep pushing!
that's an unfortunate image
Thank you Bernard.
Any time, Minister.
"Good and noble"... Robert Jenrick???
He was and remains genuinely committed to planning reform, for the right reasons. Alas the parliamentary party pushed back hard. Here is the white paper he released as SoS: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future
Acknowledged - I guess his "pliability" in other matters makes it harder to take him seriously even when he means it...