shmmeee
Well-Known Member
I think the plans as given are a bit of a damp squib and won’t be enough to meet their targets but the devil will be in the detail.
BBC haven’t given the detail then, but even then it wasn’t an answer to the question. I should really bear in mind that Labour politicians are still politicians.
Well thats the South West all powered up then. Blackouts to come in the North West?
Where she gave an example of applications the govt has already approved? Thats the only mention of 14000 in the whole thing I can see.
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I mean the government doesn't give the go ahead for these developments do they? the local planning authority does it independent of the government.
I’m sure there are, I’m not sure you got the context of my reply to shmmeee.There are loads of wind turbines across the south Pennines, particularly at the borders of Lancashire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.
I assume they’ve gone up the chain on appeal. I’ll have a look.
So actually 14,000 new homes haven’t been approved. A task force has been set up.Clear as mud
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It’s not irrelevant, it shows the scale of the task. We’re building about 210K homes a year at the moment the Tories grew the annual house building figure by 900 last year. I do feel Labour are setting themselves up for a fall though as they’ve put all the emphasis on planning rules, it’s bigger than that. We have a skills shortage and a lot of building materials are still in short supply which in part explains the Tories failure. Although I suspect they were more interested in getting Starmer to explain what a woman is than increasing house building themselves. Although to be fair they did loosen restrictions on the immigration of the skills needed to build houses.The
The plan/ promise is to build 1,500,000 new homes over the next 5 years (parliament), not be be building at a rate of 300,000 per year (or 1.5 million per 5 years) by the end of that period.
What the Tories did is irrelevant. This is Labours target going forward and, presumably, does not rely on public funding to achieve.
i will watch this with interest, but will not be holding my breathSeems to me it's a case of pushing through 14k new homes that the previous government failed to do.
So day one on the job and they're already being proactive. That can only be a good thing surely.
Ms Reeves said: "We will create a new taskforce to accelerate stalled housing sites in our country. Beginning with Liverpool central docks, Worcester Parkway, Northstowe and Langley Sutton Coldfield - representing more than 14,000 homes."
Clear as mud
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Can’t central government step in and overrule if they’re unhappy how local government is handling it?I mean the government doesn't give the go ahead for these developments do they? the local planning authority does it independent of the government.
I sympathise with your nephew, must be very frustrating knowing what you want to do and not being allowed to do it.It’s not irrelevant, it shows the scale of the task. We’re building about 210K homes a year at the moment the Tories grew the annual house building figure by 900 last year. I do feel Labour are setting themselves up for a fall though as they’ve put all the emphasis on planning rules, it’s bigger than that. We have a skills shortage and a lot of building materials are still in short supply which in part explains the Tories failure. Although I suspect they were more interested in getting Starmer to explain what a woman is than increasing house building themselves. Although to be fair they did loosen restrictions on the immigration of the skills needed to build houses.
One thing Labour could do is make it easier for 16 year olds to work on building sites. My 16 year old nephew is currently doing a bricklaying course at college but struggles to get work experience as I think you have to be 18 to have a CSCS card to get on a building site and even then due to the cost of insurance a lot of contractors will only employ people over 21. He’s desperate to work when he’s not in college and has given up try to find reliable work with builders, he’s working at Sainsbury’s now when he isn’t at college.
Can’t central government step in if they’re unhappy how local government is handling it?
Plenty of Tory and Lib Dem constituencies to concrete over there.It’s the south east and Cambridge I really want to see bold action on. All due respect to Liverpool but house prices aren’t as much of an issue there as the south. The north needs better infrastructure as much as more houses imo.
It is. I think and hope he’ll persevere as it’s a good trade to have and to be blunt he’s not academically minded but does have a practical mind that means he’s took to to it like a duck to water and if he does persevere he’ll earn a good living out of it. He’s a brute of a lad too, he’s looked like he’s in his 20’s from about the age of 14 so has the physical ability to be labouring for a gang of bricky’s now and learn his chosen trade while working in that environment as well as a couple of days at college.I sympathise with your nephew, must be very frustrating knowing what you want to do and not being allowed to do it.
One thing Labour could do is make it easier for 16 year olds to work on building sites. My 16 year old nephew is currently doing a bricklaying course at college but struggles to get work experience as I think you have to be 18 to have a CSCS card to get on a building site and even then due to the cost of insurance a lot of contractors will only employ people over 21. He’s desperate to work when he’s not in college and has given up try to find reliable work with builders, he’s working at Sainsbury’s now when he isn’t at college.
Certainly used to be allowed. When I left school at 16 none of my mates or myself went on to further education and we were all working in garages, on building sites etc at 16 full time on YTS’ except a day or 2 at college depending on what trade you were doing. Not sure why they changed it so dramatically. At least give 16 year olds the option because despite the bad press the youth get some do just want to get on with working.Been saying this since I taught. Met so many kids who just wanted to get on a learn a trade but were limited until they were 18 so we’re stuck doing Media Studies A-level or some nonsense. I’d like to see a proper route from 14 TBH. There must be some middle ground on safety legislation to let younger people get their foot in the door (probably not the best metaphor for reducing safety legislation)
I presume they weren't at the count?I wonder
Not just one constituency either
He was probably at the count and declaration so file under not trueReform UK's Invisible Candidates: Who Are They Hiding?
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The Matt guy got 8000 votes
The
The plan/ promise is to build 1,500,000 new homes over the next 5 years (parliament), not be be building at a rate of 300,000 per year (or 1.5 million per 5 years) by the end of that period.
What the Tories did is irrelevant. This is Labours target going forward and, presumably, does not rely on public funding to achieve.
Reform UK's Invisible Candidates: Who Are They Hiding?
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Was he at the count. If not, would have been a tad awkward if he had won.The Matt guy got 8000 votes
He wasn’t and there’s a lot of candidates didn’t attend from reformHe was probably at the count and declaration so file under not true
They weren’tI presume they weren't at the count?
1,758Reform UK's Invisible Candidates: Who Are They Hiding?
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The Matt guy got 8000 votes
He wasn’t he posted a tweet from a Gloucestershire hospital saying he has pneumoniaWas he at the count. If not, would have been a tad awkward if he had won.
The “report” is dated 3 July
Different one1,758
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