Labour will ignore local opposition if it has to to deliver more homes, says Starmer – UK politics live

Keir Starmer says planning is too localised' and a Labour government would take a wider' view

The Conservatives say that Labour cannot be trusted to build more homes because of its vote against the plan to get rid of an EU-legacy river pollution law that ministers claimed was obstructing the building of 100,000 homes. In a statement issued by CCHQ this morning, Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, said:

This morning Sir Keir Starmer's flagship policy has been revealed to be short-term positioning to grab headlines, not a serious long-term plan ...

Only last month Labour voted against 100,000 new homes to win cheap headlines and please special interests. He's a blocker not a builder.

Degrees are for their children, not ours. It's never their kids' choices or chances that they're keen to wind back.

Student debt for nurses, for young people starting out, looking to buy a home and build a family - not their problem. Other people's children.

I have a message for them: chippy people make the change that matters. I will make the change that matters.