Labour: We have to build more houses
Ahead of the King’s Speech, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden says Labour's planning reforms will “get the economy moving”. Report by Blairm. 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've got to get the economy moving and there should be no surprises about the measures which
00:05are in the King's Speech today. We talked a lot about this during the election. We mean changing
00:11the planning laws to get more houses built, to get more infrastructure built, changing the transport
00:18system to make that work better, devolving more power to local areas. A lot of measures to get the
00:26economy moving and get Britain working again. If we don't change anything we'll just have a
00:32generation of young people for whom the dream of home ownership is never realised. We're not
00:38building enough houses in this country. We'll always consult with local authorities. We'll
00:43always put Brownfield first but at the end of the day we have to build more houses and that's what
00:49we intend to do. Well one of the first things we did after the election was inviting all the elected
00:54mayors from around the country and they're with us on getting things built. It's simply not the
01:00case that they were sitting there saying we don't want more housing in our area, we don't want more
01:06infrastructure. They want this to happen so I'm looking forward to a good and positive partnership
01:12between us and locally elected people to get the country moving again
01:17and measures to do that will be in the King's Speech today.