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Tory housebuilding fibs exposed as stats reveal little progress
TORY claims of the government’s biggest housing programme in a generation were blown apart yesterday by the its own figures showing a steep fall in building.
According to the latest Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) house-building data, there has been a 20 per cent drop in new builds over the last quarter.
Last November, Chancellor George Osborne promised £7 billion to housebuilding programme during his Autumn Statement and claimed: “We are the builders.”
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