Andy, I am writing this to you directly as a Labour Party member—and I can see straight through you and your Tory talk.
You are deliberately skewing your housebuilding figures by padding out your claims with private sector developers and Housing Associations. Pretending that market-driven, profit-led developer builds (with token affordable quotas) count as municipal success is deliberate spin, pulled straight from the Conservative spinning playbook.
When you boil down what you and Angela Rayner have actually delivered, the results for working-class families are abysmal.
There are 1.3 million families stranded on council waiting lists. We do not need your PR spin or Rayner's endless consultative delays and reviews of reviews
we need direct council housing built by local authorities.
Channelling public money directly to local authorities rather than splitting it with Housing Associations isn't just basic Labour policy; it is fiscal common sense for three clear reasons:
Housing Associations (HAs) Can Self-Finance: HAs operate as independent businesses with massive balance sheets. They already possess the credit ratings and market leverage to raise private capital and corporate bonds without state handouts. Handing them public capital grants when they can borrow independently is an inefficient misuse of central funds.
Fiscal Circularity & Local Yield: When a council builds a home, the land and asset remain public wealth. Rental income flows back into the council’s Housing Revenue Account (HRA) to service debt and fund local services, while directly slashing the millions councils waste on private temporary accommodation. When an HA builds it, that wealth leaves the public balance sheet permanently.
Democratic Accountability: Councils hold the statutory duty for local waiting lists and public infrastructure. Direct allocation ensures homes go straight to those in greatest local need on municipal registers, integrated into proper local planning.
By relying on market developers and inflating your numbers with HA builds, you aren't offering a Labour alternative, Andy—you are just giving us Tory policy under a different banner.
(Though I suppose we can expect Tory talk from a Labour leader who relies on Tory advisers Purnell, Boles, O'Neill.)
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