Opinion

One year on from the general election, how much closer are we to delivering 1.5 million new homes?

By Paul Smith 2025-07-17T05:00:00

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This month marked a year since Labour won a historic landslide in the general election. Paul Smith assesses how the government has fared against its key housing delivery pledge

Central to Labour’s general election winning manifesto was a commitment to deliver 1.5 million new homes by 2029. Within weeks of their victory, the new government began putting their plans into action, consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework and a new formula for calculating housing targets both squarely aimed at achieving that goal.

One year on, recent headline data paints a bleak picture of progress. 

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