Labour has pledged to build 100,000 council homes a year as part of their so-called ‘housing revolution’. But how likely are they to fulfil that pledge?
Normally, a party’s past performance is a pretty good indicator. So veteran interviewer Andrew Neil thought he might question the shadow chancellor John McDonnell on Labour’s council house building record in Wales, where the party has been in control in some form or other since the Assembly’s formation in 1999.
It turns out the Labour-led Welsh government built just 59 homes last year. But not to worry, Mr McDonnell assured us, ‘past records are irrelevant’.
Today we will learn exactly what Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood meant when she hinted last week that the government would adopt a Danish-style migration policy to deter new arrivals. One thing she will announce is a ban on visas for nationals of three countries which she says are not taking back enough failed asylum seekers:
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