Yesterday’s ConservativeHome had an interesting piece by someone who should know the truth. Bartek Staniszewski is a researcher at Bright Blue. He correctly points out that Labour are no more ambitious than the Conservatives in policy terms intended to build more houses. He concludes
“Unless this failed consensus is broken, the housing crisis is here to stay”.
Unfortunately he is right. Which goes far to prove that both parties have prevailed over decades of housing policy failure and worryingly show no evidence either party is ready to grasp the nettle: providing much more supply in both urban and rural areas which local people will support.
How is this possible? I looked at political policy failure in earlier posts (24th; 26th; and 27th February 2023), will now draw some conclusions in my next post, and set out solutions in both settings after that in another blog.
Ian Campbell
8 March 2023
