Did the Tories 'kill the dream of homeownership'?
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
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🗓️ 3 May 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:18.5 | Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots' Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast. |
| 0:22.5 | I'm Katie Balls and I'm joined by Fraser Nelson and Kate Andrews. |
| 0:26.8 | So we've just had Prime Minister's questions and now the House will go into recess for the |
| 0:30.8 | coronation. Kirstani used PMQs to accuse Rishi Sina of killing the dream of home ownership |
| 0:37.2 | for regeneration. He had a few pieces of evidence he put forward when he made his case, |
| 0:42.0 | including the decision to scrap house building targets. He ultimately suggested his party would go |
| 0:47.7 | further and faster and a Labour government can be trusted to build homes. |
| 0:52.4 | Kate, do you think that is an impressive pitch? Well look, Labour have a point on this. |
| 0:56.7 | I'm not sure I would lay all the blame at Rishi Sina's feet. |
| 0:59.2 | This is a problem that we've seen over a decade of a Tory government, a total unwillingness |
| 1:05.0 | to properly build homes and get more people on the housing ladder. |
| 1:08.1 | So I think it's a strong argument whether or not Labour would really deliver that remains |
| 1:12.9 | to be seen. I think there are a lot of nimbis in Labour's backyard as well as Tory backyards. |
| 1:18.3 | But Labour being quite clever here because by capitalising on building 300,000 homes a year and |
| 1:23.9 | look, I think that number is way too low given the limited number of building over several decades |
| 1:28.7 | now. But the decision to capitalize on that figure is an important one because that of course |
| 1:32.9 | was the Tory pledge and one that they have consistently failed to deliver. And my suspicion is that |
| 1:38.9 | any leader that comes along, it makes a meaningful, realistic pitch to people at this point |
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