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As we print, Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to pledge that it is her personal mission to ‘build more homes, more quickly’.
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As we approach this month’s Budget a number of the usual concerns have reared their heads, with Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell recently demanding an emergency budget for such public services. Seeking extra funding for the NHS, education and police is not surprising in the days before the Budget box makes an appearance, but it would seem May’s sudden renewal of housing plans is wisely strategic.
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Last month, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid unusually publicised his views on borrowing more money to invest in housing – something McDonnell regularly campaigns for. The reported £50 billion he had in mind is more likely to have made ‘fiscal’ Chancellor Philip Hammond chuckle than seriously consider his suggestion, but nonetheless the housing reform calls from within the Conservative Party are expected to keep coming. May’s concession that ‘we simply have not been building enough homes’ is unlikely to be fixed quickly, nor is it expected to get the funding necessary, but her ‘personal mission’ is a step in the right direction. Under Tory rule, housing policy will only ever develop brick by brick. Michael Lyons, editor
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