Starmer vows to take on ‘blockers’ as Labour council says government housebuilding targets ‘impossible’ – UK politics live | Politics

In these conversations this morning Keir Starmer It was emphasized that the public works would take time. He said that everything could not be done on Christmas Day. (See 9.36am)

But Starmer also recommends that people see their symptoms “immediately.” Rejecting claims that things will get worse before they get better, he told BBC Breakfast:

I want people to feel better about themselves – to feel better in the sense of having more money in their pocket, to feel better because they have a secure job, because they know it’s guaranteed to give them the money they need.

Starmer said the government has already raised the pay of three million of the lowest wage earners by increasing the minimum wage. He added;

I want others to feel the difference as soon as possible.

This place in Change the policy for the document starting with how the government intends to measure whether it has achieved higher living standards or not.

Keir Starmer He told voters not to expect rapid increases in public service. As Kiran Stacey According to reports, in interviews published this morning the prime minister said he could not promise immediate change, criticizing the previous conservative government for leaving problems that could take years to resolve.

In his own times article Keir Starmer he says his government will usher in a “golden age of building”.

Generations before us have built an infrastructure that the entire nation is proud of, from civil buildings to training stations, hospitals to schools. So we will introduce a new golden structure. As a result, we are rapidly targeting 150 decisions on major infrastructure decisions by the end of the parliament, more than double what was passed in the previous parliament. We will build schools, hospitals, baths and roads, towns and villages that will shape our national map for years to come in every region and nation and nurture growth.

And revive argument which he did a thousand years ago, he argues the same that the ordinances of the council must be dissolved. As an example of where the laws passed are too strict, he says the rules that led to HS2’s £100m bat shelters being “absurd”.

In the past 14 years, the Tories have established fewer than 60 infrastructure projects. We haven’t built a reservoir in 30 years, not least because the time to secure planning permission for major infrastructure projects has almost doubled in the past decade. Every road, pylon, and evil—which unites men by chance—must jump through infinite circles, only to be opposed, drawn out, before finally, if successful, approved. That’s how absurd the show ended up HS2 building a tunnel for bats cost 100 million.

The £100m bat shed story is so extreme you might assume it’s made up. Yes, but only if it is ecological. Here it is Gywn TophamTalk about the HS2 chair at the conference last month.

Hello yesterday Keir Starmer the government committed to six “measurable milestones” – a mix of new targets and some existing ones, wrapped in a package intended to show that the government is focusing on things that will make a tangible difference to lives. They are in a Planning for Change which is an implied admission that prior to the completion of the film Starmer said he wanted to be judged by – these Five pre-election scenariosand six “The first step to change” – They were a bit fluffy.

There is one new milestone;

Built 1.5 million homes in England and fast-tracked planning decisions on at least 150 major infrastructure projects – more than the last 14 years combined.

This argument involves two targets, but the most important one is the 1.5m new homes. It’s not new – he was in the original five episodes – but he’s getting a new interest that Starmer has given him back, and in an interview on the Today program this morning; Yvonne Gagen the of labor The leader of the West Lancaster boroughs council said the specific targets set for councils to be part of this ambition were “impossible”.

Gagen said the building target in his plan was 166 new homes a year, and West Lancashire was delivering above that. But she said the new target was 605. That was “unrealistic” and the council would “really, really struggle” to hit it, she said.

Gagen said “most of the council” felt the same way and the government should listen to them. he was going;

I feel that we are going to have an attack with Labour. And not only Labor councils. It’s liberal Democrats, they’re conservative, they all did the same thing.

Asked to confirm that, as Labor council leader, he expected to be in conflict with his government, Gagen replied:

Absolutely, absolutely, on top of these targets. They are completely impossible and unrealistic.

The government has consulted on new housing councils in England, reported by Angela Rayner in Julyand broadcast on Monday on the BBC report most of the councils that responded to the consultation say that the government is in private what Gagen said this morning: the targets cannot be implemented.

But Starmer He signified that he would not come down. In article for the times This morning about his plan to change, he says he took the opportunity to win the argument with “obstructive” changes. He says:

I know that when trust in the government is so low, public promises are made by politicians incredulously. And who can blame them, after years of neglect by successive Tory governments. But that cannot excuse low expectations and easy ambitions, a culture that is not strong enough to try for fear of failure. I know that some councils have come out this week to discuss our plans for housing reform. I always knew there would be resistance to our reform plan. I will say this – I will not shy away from this topic. In fact, it takes as much.

Where there are blockers, they put up roadblocks, it’s a sign that you’re delivering real change. But the change is what the British people voted for this summer, a government that forbids us from taking trains and breaking down barriers to prevent us from reaching our full potential.

This is the day to do it.

9.30am: MPs begin debating the European Union (withdrawal clause) bill, tabled by private member Jim Allister, which would remove barriers to goods traveling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. It has no chance of becoming law, but the debate will allow Allister and other MPs to criticize the current Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland.

10.30am: Keir Starmer The British-Irish Council meets in Edinburgh, with the leaders of the Irish and devolved governments. The press conference will be at 12.30pm, and Starmer is also doing interviews.

11.30am: Downing Street holds a briefing lobby.

In the afternoon: Starmer visits Newcastle.

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