At the age of nearly 81, after a lifetime in housebuilding, construction generally, and finally construction education, I can categorically state that Starmer’s target of building 1.5 million houses in the next 5 years is impossible (“Starmer pledges ‘golden era of building’ as he takes aim at environmental regulations” – Thursday 5 December).
Our existing resources in the industry would need to be doubled. The numbers of trades people, technical, management and professional staff have collapsed over my lifetime.
