The New Statesman

Listeners of a nervous disposition, take a deep breath because it's time for a radical turning of the tables here on the New Statesman podcast.

The interviewer becomes the interviewee, the hunter becomes the hunted.

I'm joined by Anusha Kellyan, The hunter becomes the hunted.

I'm joined by Anusha Kellyan, who has written this week's cover story on the failed dream of New Build, Britain.

If you live in a New Build or know someone who does, you might already be all too familiar with the fact that Britain has a housing problem, not just the severe shortage of housing that we have

and the inflated prices of housing, but the quality of new homes. So the government has promised to

build 1.5 million new homes by the end of this parliament.

But something that's affecting a lot of people but remains underreported is the terrible quality of some of the houses being built.

Now, I know she's been reporting on this for this week's cover story.

And I have to say this is, if I, if listeners will just excuse me plugging the new statesman for a moment,

this is, I think, what we do incredibly well and what you in particular do incredibly well

is looking not just, you know, at their headlines, not just reporting with the headlines,

but doing in-depth reporting on, you know, the real condition of Britain.

And I think, you know, housing is the, the real condition of Britain. And I think, you know,

housing is so fundamental to that. And, yeah, it's a fantastic piece. And if you listen to this podcast, but you don't normally buy the magazine, do go out this week and buy it. It will

enrage you, but it will also fascinate you. And that's what we aim to do.

Thank you so much. I don't feel hunted yet.

Are you doing the thing where you ease me in with your nice questions?

I'm luring you in with a false sense of security.

Let's not talk through the feature exactly because people should just go out and read it, as I say.

But let's talk about some of the places you went to to report

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