Govt 'making it harder to provide homes'

Posted: 24 May 2011 13:21:19 GMT

Ed Miliband has claimed the actions of the government are making it harder to provide homes.

The actions of the government are making it increasingly difficult to provide homes in the UK, it has been claimed.

Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband, speaking at the Royal Festival Hall, stated the decisions on housing undertaken by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition are proving unfavourable for those looking to get onto the property ladder.

The politician backed up his argument by pointing to cuts in investment, the removal of the requirement on local authorities to allow new homes and the "botching" of the planning system.

He stated this generation of politicians needs to act now in order to prevent people having to wait until they are in their 40s before they can afford to buy their first home.

"A task I have set for our policy review is that we must seek to stop the inexorable rise in the average age of home ownership," Mr Miliband added.

Chief executive officer at Firstrung Paul Holmes recently claimed it is not surprising that there currently exists an air of pessimism regarding house buying in the UK.
 

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