Will Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ be a lifeline for housebuilding?

By Ben Derbyshire 2026-07-03T06:00:00

The next prime minister must resist the temptation to unpick everyhting and instead build on existing progress, writes Ben Derbyshire

We’re drowning! Two years into a parliament that promised 1.5m homes, on current form we’d be lucky to reach two thirds of that number. In London, Molior predicts new supply could drop to just 9,100 homes in 2027/28. If so, a Labour Mayor will achieve just 10% of the annual target set by a Labour government.

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