Can Labour solve the housing crisis? There’s some doubt. The Home Builders Federation (HBF), a trade body, has told the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) that the official target of 1.5 million new homes by the end of the current parliament is “extremely ambitious” without further changes to policy.
Meanwhile, the Renters’ Rights Act, another flagship Labour policy, has become law, but its longer-term effects remain to be played out fully. The net result could still be that Labour can see the benefit of its own reforms, but it’s far from cert
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