At the first UK general election debate between the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, Sunak claimed his government had “delivered 1 million new homes”.
On Tuesday, June 11 2024, Sunak doubled down on this claim, during his speech to launch the Conservative party manifesto. Underlining his party’s plan to “build an ownership society” – a “property-owning democracy” – he further pledged to deliver another 1.6 million homes over the next parliament.
