Sir Keir Starmer confirms he is “determined” to “breakthrough” barriers as the government publishes its National Planning Policy Framework aimed at helping increase the building of new homes.
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00:00Well the starting point is local plans and that's really important for councils to develop the plan
00:05according to the target, taking into account local need and working with developers. So that's where
00:10it starts. But are we going to push it through if those plans don't work? Yes we absolutely are.
00:15Are we going to push away the planning rules and make them clear as we've done today, get away
00:21the blockers that are stopping the housing being built? Yes we absolutely intend. For years we've
00:28had not enough houses being built. That means that individuals and families don't have the
00:32security that they want. We're determined to break through that, to do what's necessary.