Starmer’s house-building plan could prove a hit with young voters

The biggest hinderance for the Conservatives is that they have nothing to offer young voters. The Labour party, however, just might.

It seems that Keir Starmer will announce in his conference speech a plan to return to the idea of post-war new town corporations, which were able to compulsory-purchase land at agricultural value. It could – just possibly – mean a sharp fall in the price of new housing, massively expanding the number of first time buyers. 

You don’t have to be a socialist to feel aggrieved at your inability to afford a home, something that you parents and grandparents took for granted. What have the Conservatives done to help you? 

If you were fortunate enough – or so it seemed at the time – to qualify for George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme, the experience may already be turning sour. The