Keir Starmer Unveils Ambitious Housing and Economic Milestones
The UK Prime Minister recommits to building 1.5 million homes and improving living standards, while addressing challenges in planning and council targets.
- Keir Starmer's 'Plan for Change' introduces six measurable milestones, including a focus on real household disposable income and GDP per capita to assess economic progress.
- The Labour government aims to build 1.5 million new homes in England and expedite planning decisions on 150 major infrastructure projects by the end of the current parliament.
- Starmer emphasizes the need to reform restrictive planning regulations, citing delays in infrastructure projects and the controversial £100m HS2 bat shed as examples of inefficiency.
- Some Labour and opposition council leaders have criticized the housing targets as unrealistic, with concerns over the feasibility of meeting significantly increased quotas.
- Starmer remains firm on his housing and planning reforms, framing resistance as a sign of delivering meaningful change and urging councils to embrace ambitious goals.
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