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Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Alok Sharma, Barry Gardiner & Henry Bolton

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Sky News

Politics, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2157 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

With housing back near the top of the political agenda Niall quizzes Housing Minister Alok Sharma about the Government's record and policies. He also discusses Brexit with Labour's Barry Gardiner and chats to the new UKIP leader Henry Bolton. #Paterson

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0:32.9

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0:36.6

With housing becoming one of the dominant issues in politics,

0:39.3

I spoke to the housing minister, Alec Sharma.

0:41.3

I was also joined by Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardner

0:45.3

to discuss Brexit and by UKIP's newest leader, Henry Bolton. The shock general election result in June when a surge of young supporters flocked to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party and helped rob Theresa May of her majority has changed the political landscape.

1:10.0

Housing has become a major issue once again,

1:12.7

with young voters concerned about their ability to afford rent or even by a house. The Conservatives

1:18.1

have announced a few proposals to tackle the problem, and they've promised more to come, but will it be

1:23.1

enough? I asked the Minister for Housing, Alok Sharma, what the government is doing to improve safety in tower blocks following the Grenfell fire in June.

1:31.3

Well, in terms of testing of other safety blocks around the country, we've, of course, now had the testing of all tower blocks over 18 metres within the social housing sector.

1:42.3

And of course, work is continuing within the private sector.

1:45.0

We have set up an expert panel, which has been providing advice.

1:49.0

And of course, there is also now an independent review of building regulations

1:52.0

that's taking place under Dame Judith Hackett.

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