Angela Rayner sets out Labour's plan for more houses

  • 4 months ago
Angela Rayner says she is "looking forward" to showing what Labour can deliver, as she sets out her party's pledge to build more houses and protect tenants. The deputy Labour leader adds, "I relish the opportunity to prove to people why they elected me". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well we see over a quarter of the private rental sector where the decent
00:05home standards are not being met, so by extending Arabs law to the private
00:09sector it means that we will improve people's health because we've seen far
00:13too many health hazards in the private rental sector which is not fair on
00:18people who are paying high rents and are not getting habitable homes which
00:23keeps them healthy and safe. We've recognised some of the challenges and
00:26the problems. First of all we know that we need to deal with the planning
00:31restrictions that we face, the Tories ripped up local housing targets, we want
00:36to reintroduce those, we want to use our mayoral models to get our new towns up
00:42and running and to really drive that housing planning that we need for the
00:47future. To be fair some of the issues with challenges we're going to face is
00:51around planning reform and you know the Affordable Homes Grant, adapting
00:56that to make sure we can get that money out the door. That might not happen in
01:00the first month but we're certainly going to make sure that that's quickly
01:03available so that we can get those housing targets and we can get those
01:07homes built. Unfortunately the Tories promised renters reform, they didn't do
01:11that, they promised to end no-fault evictions, they haven't done that. We've
01:14got a renters programme that will make people better off with better protections.
01:19The thing for me is about the prospect of being able to make the change. I've
01:23done nine years in opposition since I was elected. I relish the opportunity to
01:28prove to people why they elected me to say I'm going to change this, I'm going
01:32to build those houses we need, I'm going to make those secure jobs that people
01:37can live and raise their families on. We've got to have that change in the UK
01:40and I'm very proud and looking forward to an opportunity to really show what we
01:46can do and what we can deliver. Whenever I speak to my mum she said I saw you on
01:49the telly so I presume she's just going to turn around and say I saw you on the
01:53telly.

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