Under this Labour Government, housebuilding in the UK has collapsed. The burdens placed on housebuilders is unprecedented and rising taxes have effectively killed this important industry. As a result, we are seeing rising house prices, which have unfairly punished the aspirational looking to buy their first home, parents moving into a family home, and residents looking to downsize as they need less space.
In London, it has been the case for quite some time that the homes we need are simply not being built. Over the last decade, housebuilding has slowly fallen under the Labour Mayor. Rather than take responsibility for their failures, London MPs are quick to shift the blame onto others.
I recently became aware that my neighbour had incorrectly attributed the failure to build local homes onto the hardworking local council when the decision rests with the uninterested Mayor of London. Today, I raised a point of order in Parliament to correct the record.
