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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sammy Gecsoyler

Labour plan for 1.5m new homes is not feasible, housebuilding firm says

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner in hi-vis jackets and hard hats gesture as they talk on a scaffolding platform
Keir Starmer and the deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, visit a construction site in Cambridge on Thursday. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

Labour’s plan to build 1.5m homes during this parliament is not achievable because of a severe skills shortage, an ageing workforce and Brexit, the head of Britain’s largest housebuilding company has said.

The government outlined on Thursday how it would achieve this goal. The proposals within the revised national planning policy framework (NPPF) include individual targets for each planning authority and new rules that will allow for housebuilding on poorer quality green-belt land.

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