‘I hate failure’: Angela Rayner remains defiant over Labour’s new homes target

Angela Rayner remains defiant over Labour’s new homes targetSource: Sky News

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00:00We just can't carry on like this.

00:02We're not getting the development we need.

00:04We're not getting the houses we need.

00:06We've got eight times average income for first-time buyers.

00:09People are priced out of getting a home,

00:12and I'm determined to change it.

00:13And Trevor, I've been underestimated quite a lot

00:16in my life, and I wouldn't allow the Prime Minister

00:18to put that target up there if I didn't think I could meet it.

00:21And I'm determined to do it because having a home

00:24is not just about a home.

00:26It's about security.

00:27It's about a job.

00:28It's about raising a family.

00:30And far too many people now can't do that.

00:33There is never going to be any underestimation of Angela

00:37Rayner in this studio.

00:38So let's just start from this point.

00:42If we are talking in four years' time,

00:44can you guarantee you're going to be able to say,

00:46Trevor, I've done it?

00:47I'm determined to make sure by the end of this parliament

00:50that I meet that target.

00:51I hate failure, Trevor.

00:52And that target is my target, so I've got to deliver it.

00:58But it does mean that we're going

00:59to have to make real changes to the planning system.

01:02We've already put $5 billion next year

01:05into additional funding into housing, $500 billion

01:08into affordable homes.

01:10There has to be lots of different parts

01:12of the system that works.

01:14And that includes, and I want to reassure people

01:16listening to this.