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Housebuilding

Doubt cast on Rachel Reeves’ claim Labour will be in ‘touching distance’ of building 1.5 million homes
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner meet construction workers at the Bournes Bank site in Stoke-on-Trent.
Housing

Doubt cast on Rachel Reeves’ claim Labour will be in ‘touching distance’ of building 1.5 million homes

The Office for Budget Responsibility has projected that 1.3 million additional homes will be built across the UK over the next five years, despite the government’s target of building 1.5 million in England alone
Labour promises 'biggest building boom in a generation' in reform of UK's planning system
Labour deputy prime minister Angela Rayner in construction gear
Planning

Labour promises 'biggest building boom in a generation' in reform of UK's planning system

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise
Housing in the UK
Liz Williams

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise

The uncomfortable answer to Labour's building problem might just be immigration
Housebuilding

The uncomfortable answer to Labour's building problem might just be immigration

More than 1.4 million homes with planning permission left unbuilt, report finds
Housing

More than 1.4 million homes with planning permission left unbuilt, report finds

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Where will the government build the 'next generation' of new towns?
Prime minister Keir Starmer in a hard hat on a building site
New towns

Where will the government build the 'next generation' of new towns?

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