After over a decade of bad policy, perpetual underinvestment and a chronic lack of political will, Britain's social housing is on its knees. Are Labour’s proposals ambitious enough to fix it?
It’s a nationwide disgrace, is it privatisation of “council” stock - I don’t know, but the British public is being failed on so many levels, from the Government to the Local Councils - the system is systemically broken and needs a major reset.
Why blame the government & councils? They actually acknowledge & own the problem. It needs big planning reform (apparently imminent), holding councils to account (parties from Tories to Greens dont favour mass house building) plus funding over the long term.
Why blame the government and councils? Because as you say - they acknowledge and own the problem, but they don’t DO anything about it, although they are the ones collectively responsible for the “Doing” that happens in this country.
It’s a nationwide disgrace, is it privatisation of “council” stock - I don’t know, but the British public is being failed on so many levels, from the Government to the Local Councils - the system is systemically broken and needs a major reset.
Why blame the government & councils? They actually acknowledge & own the problem. It needs big planning reform (apparently imminent), holding councils to account (parties from Tories to Greens dont favour mass house building) plus funding over the long term.
Why blame the government and councils? Because as you say - they acknowledge and own the problem, but they don’t DO anything about it, although they are the ones collectively responsible for the “Doing” that happens in this country.
Would love to hear what they should actually DO…
So would I, it’s what they get paid for DOING stuff.