At PMQs yesterday Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, said that 80 years ago “British, Canadian and American soldiers were fighting shoulder to shoulder to defeat fascists” but that President Trump “seems to have forgotten all that” as he takes foreign policy decision.
Matthew Pennycook, the housing minister, has been giving interviews about the plans this morning, and he told Sky News that some of the new towns will be build on greenfield sites.
Morning: Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner are on a visit in the south-east England to promote the government’s plans for new towns.
There is a slight chance that Starmer may even be asked a question about the government’s plans for new towns, which is ostensibly the reason for the visit.
By voting against Kemi Badenoch’s plan to double the amount of time it takes to get indefinite leave to remain and get British citizenship, Labour’s housebuilding plans will do nothing to address the shortage of housing because immigration will just keep piling on the pressure.
