Can Labour’s housing ambitions survive contact with reality? Lessons from party conferences
The government is showing appropriate ambition and leadership on housing, but faces huge challenges if it is to deliver.

Housing was high on the agenda at this year’s party conferences. From Brighton to Liverpool and Birmingham, the fringe programme was dominated with talk of England’s housing crisis and the government’s plans to tackle it.
The Institute for Government hosted three events in partnership with Thakeham at the Liberal Democrat, Labour, and Conservative party conferences, with each giving valuable insights into how the parties are approaching housing policy: their priorities, concerns, and their vision for housing in Britain. Here’s what we learned.

Delivery challenges such as construction skills shortages could stall the government's housebuilding target.
How the government can build more homes
Fixing the housing crisis has featured in every recent UK government’s list of top priorities. But why have successive governments found it difficult to deliver on housebuilding pledges?
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