00:00 We're announcing today changes to the planning rules that will mean that we can get more homes where we need them in our cities
00:05 But there's a big demand for new properties and we're allowing developers to take office blocks
00:11 Which are no longer necessary for business purposes and to turn them into new homes
00:15 But we're making sure that those are high quality new homes with space standards access to natural light and the very highest aesthetic
00:24 requirements being placed on developers so it's a win-win it enables more people to live in the hearts of our cities where they need
00:31 To and at the same time it also ensures that these are quality homes for the next generation
00:36 We've managed to build two and a half million homes since 2010 and we've also
00:41 built a million homes since 2019 and if you look at the last three decades the four years with the highest number of new homes
00:47 Have been since 2019 so we have been building many more homes, but we do need to go further
00:54 We do need to do more
00:55 Unfortunately when we we tried to introduce a law to get a hundred thousand additional new homes built labor voted against it
01:02 They're on the side of the blockers not the builders
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