All election focus articles
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CommentWill Labour’s planning reforms deliver new homes or just new planning permissions?
The new government will need to marry planning reform with other interventions in order to meet its housing targets, argues Rory Stracey
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NewsHousebuilding volumes must double if Labour to meet 1.5m homes target, says NHBC
New homes figures show quarter-on-quarter rise in building rates
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CommentIn the rush to build 1.5 million homes how do we safeguard quality?
Starmer’s government wants to build at a speed and scale not seen since the 1970s, but the building spurts of the past resulted in homes of dubious quality, warns Denise Chevin
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News‘The will is absolutely there’: Major housebuilders meet Reeves for high-level discussions ahead of King’s Speech
Berkeley, Barratt and Taylor Wimpey representatives among delegation that went to Downing Street last week
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NewsRayner urges council leaders in ‘devolution deserts’ to take on new powers
The government wants to hand over more powers to manage housing, planning and transport to those with “skin in the game”
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NewsLack of skilled workers may be biggest barrier to Labour hitting 1.5m homes target, warns economist
Construction Products Association director Noble Francis warns “there just won’t be the people” to meet key manifesto pledge
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NewsAngela Rayner confirmed as housing secretary
Appointment follows landslide victory for Keir Starmer’s Labour party
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CommentAfter the Labour landslide, it’s time to rebuild
The housing sector must now work with Keir Starmer’s ministers to make its voice heard and get the economic lifeblood of our communities flowing again, writes Kate Smith
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News‘A new dawn’ – housing leaders hopeful of meaningful change as Labour lands huge majority
Sector reacts to Keir Starmer’s 400-plus seat victory
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NewsPlanning reforms, new towns, 1.5 million homes and changing the Right to Buy…. what the new government has promised for housing
Keir Starmer’s party has won a large majority as many expected. As we gear up for the first Labour government for 14 years, here is a reminder of what has been pledged
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NewsCreate Streets calls on next government to build homes on industrial parks
Think tank sets out 16 key proposals for densifying towns and cities including new tram lines and converting dual carriage ways into tree-lined streets
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NewsLabour to make major housing announcements ‘within a fortnight’ of winning the election
Starmer pledges to push on with housebuilding “from day one” as party targets 1.5m homes
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CommentWhy Starmer should look to Milton Keynes for new towns inspiration
As Labour stands on the brink of power, Lee Shostak and John Walker give six lessons for the party on how it can meet its pledge to ‘build a new generation of new towns’
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CommentHow voters look at housing as an election issue: a short history
Ben Marshall of polling firm Ipsos looks at how housing has ranked as a priority for the electorate over the decades and what it says about the gap between politicians and people
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NewsSNP calls for devolution of housing benefit to boost delivery
Party’s manifesto also calls for changes to fiscal rules to boost infrastructure
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NewsEngland needs 550,000 new homes a year to solve housing shortage, says report
If the UK returned to pre-financial crisis productivity levels, salaries could be up to 25% higher
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NewsReform UK party pledges to change social housing allocation laws
Nigel Farage’s party pledges to send ‘foreign nationals to the back of the queue’ in manifesto
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NewsHouse prices flat as sellers pause plans until after election
The prices in five of the six cheapest areas reached record highs
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NewsLabour criticised over omission of 40% affordable housing target from manifesto
Labour sources say target remains party policy