RIBA president Alan Jones has said chancellor Sajid Javid’s budget next month will be more important for the nation’s housebuilding aspirations than this week’s Queen’s speech – which failed to mention any measures to tackle the housing crisis.

Prime minister Boris Johnson described Monday’s outlining of new legislation as a “new vision for Britain” and a programme that would “set our country on a new, upwards trajectory” – prompting criticism from the Labour Party that ramping up new-homes delivery was not a priority.

RIBA’s Jones told BD he was not overly worried about the absence of bills addressing the housing crisis and relating to former PM Theresa May’s pledge to ramp up new-homes delivery to the 300,000 units a year level by the mid-2020s.

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