Opinion

Gove appears to have woken up to the housing crisis – but his solutions are half-baked

By Brendan Kilpatrick 2024-02-14T08:22:00

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To tackle the housing crisis we need strategic leadership but this is beyond the current government, writes PRP’s Brendan Kilpatrick

Like a latter-day Rip Van Winkle, the housing secretary appears to have finally awoken from his slumbers to the full glare of the housing crisis and the realisation of how his party’s inaction looks set to wreak havoc with the Conservative’s chances at the next general election.

One can almost envision Michael Gove rubbing the sleep from his eyes as he stammers out the latest raft of half-baked solutions.

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