Defiant Rayner says ‘underestimate me at your peril’ over criticism of huge housing pledge
Angela Rayner returned to the critics of Labour’s ambitious plan to build 1.5 million houses and warned them to ıl underestimate me in your danger ”.
The Deputy Prime Minister came under increasing pressure on the flagship target after the real estate agency Savills to guess There will be only 840,000 new home – a little more than half.
Rayner, who is the Cabinet Minister responsible for politics, explained the launch of a new government -backed project to support builders.
Authorized, the national housing bank, increased inflation and higher interest rates and mortgage costs to be blocked to developers thanks to low -interest loans will open the lock of new housing plans throughout England, he said.
Rayner said that the movement, which was supported by £ 22 billion in government financing, will be built more than 500,000 new houses, including many social and affordable properties.
The Local Government Secretary comes after the Workers’ Party’s warnings for the election for 1.5 million houses on this parliament. In the Earlier this month, Housebuilding forecast Savills said that 840,000 new houses will be completed in the next five years and that the property accused the property accused of a lower demand from buyers.
State The 2024 figures decrease 28 percent in the new construction in the UK compared to 2023.
However, just writing IndependentMs. Rayner, critics, finally access to the housing for many hard -working families, the housing bank, which he claims to be able to provide access to the housing, “to underestimate me in your danger,” he says.
Ms. Rayner leaned against the experience of living in a council house and saying that it provides stability, but for many people, this could not be achieved. And he blames Tories for the “broken system ..
In his piece, Ms. Rayner says: ün Take me slightly in your danger. People have done this throughout my life. However, this government has a bold vision to correct the housing crisis and the strategy of providing both investment and reform strategy.
“We are overhauled the planning system to accelerate the approvals and to open the land, which is an explanation of intent. And today we take another big step to correct a broken system that holds a very hardworking family and the country for a long time.”
Building more houses has been at the center of Labor’s plan since it came to power. Earlier this year, Mrs. Rayner promised to build 10 to 12 new towns from 100 potential sites and the selected places would be announced this summer.
In addition, workers, reforms, despite violent criticisms from wildlife groups, promised developers to reduce the demands of new buildings to reduce the environmental impact.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ expenditure review announcement, in the next decade, affordable and social housing will spend £ 39 billion, he said.
Rayner said the National Housing Bank, announced on Tuesday, will force the development of new houses even more.
The Public Finance Institution will work with mayors and local leaders to support projects that meet regional priorities, and will support small and medium -sized firms that fight the most, especially to secure capital.
In total, Rayner said that the initiative will open a private investment of 53 million pounds in the building houses.
“As a part of our change plan, our commitment to build 1.5 million houses is a stretching target, but I repeat to those who are suspicious: take me in your danger.
“Yes – the future road is hard. But we are determined, because it’s just more than numbers.
“This is about giving a new hope for millions of people throughout England and creating communities in which families can develop and children can grow in safety. It is about ensuring that a generation is no longer locking out of the host and ensuring that children do not grow in temporary accommodation.”
Shadow Housing Secretary Kevin Hollinrake said: “While the passion of increasing housing supply is welcomed, history teaches us that governments are often poor in choosing the winners and that England has very complicated consequences.
“The new national housing bank should be laser-oriented: it should not be crowded with private capital, but should not subsidize the developments that will progress and not to finance the cake in the sky-instead of the role of the cake should be limited to schemes that cannot only finance and not only finance private investment.
Ms. Rayner came up for the sale of her own former court house last year.
Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary, £ 48,500 £ earnings from the sale of the sale of the tax after the investigation of the police action was told.
